The author examines the three crises he feels family therapy has passed through in the last three decades, including the need to transcend its focus on schizophrenia and to deal with families differing widely in socioeconimic origin. The current challenge is the need for professionalization of the field. (Author)

The case of a nine-year-old boy suffering from psycosomatic migraine headaches is discussed. The main article presents the case study and discusses the family systems approach which was successfully used in therapy. The following discussion deals with the psychosomatic personality. (HMV)

Reviews some therapy techniques which have not proved successful in working with disturbed young people. A contemporary theory of family-oriented therapy is then presented. (HMV)

The thesis of the first article is that much pathology derives from inability to deal with feelings of hurt. This inability results in the externalization of responsibility, which in turn creates victims and dysfunctional behavior. The second article discusses the "scapegoating" aspect of family dysfunction. (Author/HMV)

Family therapists need to develop therapeutic strategies which can be effective in helping members of dysfunctional and crisis-oriented families reconnect with additional sources of support and strength. The extended family and social system can serve as this source of support when it is convened, mobilized, and reactivated. (Author)

Family therapy is a method for resolving conflict in value systems. The family therapist has three role functions: the go-between, the side-taker, and the celebrant. The therapist selectively expresses values that disrupt and then repair destructive family interaction. Short-term therapy works best because it least violates value expectations…

Explores various arguments for and against therapist self-disclosure and relates these to theoretical school and therapist style and personality. The therapist's selective dynamic use of his own perceptions, experiences, and values in a genuine fashion contributes positively to the therapeutic outcomes. Case studies are used and literature is…

Results indicate that 57 percent of the family therapy group were rehospitalized at the end of three years compared to 20 percent of the individual therapy group. Longer-term findings suggest a superior effect of individual over family therapy. (Author)

Discusses the value of the concepts of entropy and negentropy in assisting our understanding of destructive and constructive energy shifts in communication. Comments by Eduardo Cesarman follow. Presented at the 3rd Reunion: Panamerican Forum for the Study of Adolescence, Mexico D.F., Mexico, February, 1975. (Author/BEF)

The theories, techniques, and applications of interventions in social networks have multiplied in recent years. This paper traces significant clinical literature on networks, at the same time pointing out similarities with tribal healing in "primitive" societies. (Author)

Reports on a program of family therapy instruction intended as a continuing professional education service to mental health personnel. Rapid expansion of the program since its inception in late 1971 is attributed to increasing demand from human service agencies in and around greater Philadelphia area. Some characteristics of participants are…

Discusses engagement techniques including: (1) techniques enabling therapists to achieve influence with family members or entry into the family system; (2) techniques utilized in teaching the family how to behave in the therapy setting; and (3) tactics therapists may use to manage difficult moments in the session. (Author)

A study of four methadone clinics, the addicts treated at these clinics, and their families, reveals basic dissonances in treatment ideology and professional-paraprofessional relationships which, combined with the addict's particular mode of functioning, make significant change in his behavior improbable. (Author)

Therapists responded to a videotaped simulated family as if they were treating it. Positive relationships were found between the ratings of expertise based on the coding system, and between independent ratings of the treated families' satisfaction with treatment and the status of the presenting symptoms six months after termination. (Author)

Graduate students in counseling were given intensive training in Zuk's method and then applied it with emotionally disturbed children. Two years after therapy, compared with untreated children, treated children were more likely to be in public school class, or employed, and had less court involvement. (Author)