Strategic Family Therapy

Cloé Madanes is a teacher in family therapy and brief therapy. She has teamed up with Tony Robbins since 2002 to train strategic interventionists for finding solutions to interpersonal conflicts, to prevent violence and to contribute to the creation of a more cohesive and civil community.

• Forewords. 1. Dimensions of Family Therapy. 2. Elements of Strategic Family Therapy. 3. Marital Problems: Balancing Power. 4. Children's Problems: Three Paradoxical Strategies. 5. Parental Problems: Changing Child-Parent Interactions. 6. Severe Problems of Adolescence: Putting the Parents inCharge. 7. Night Terrors: A Case Study. 8. A Depressed Man: A Case Study. 9. Summary: Metaphor and Power.

"Madanes' lucid, coherent, and practical guide for family therapists is a welcome addition to the proliferating literature by family therapy theorists and practitioners.... The book is concise, well organized and clearly written." (Contemporary Psychology)