Mastering Resistance: A Practical Guide to Family Therapy

Resistance--any attitude or behavior of the therapist, patient, or system that resists change--is integral to every therapeutic relationship. Family therapists are all too familiar with challenges to their professional credentials, families' reluctance to convene for treatment, cancellations, rejection of therapy, requests to exclude a family member, and numerous other maneuvers that frustrate therapeutic goals. Mastering Resistance presents concrete, accessible strategies for coping directly with specific, commonly encountered problems of resistance. Moreover, it demonstrates how resistance can effectively be used to foster a stronger therapist-client alliance.


Author: Carol M. Anderson, Susan Stewart
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Published: 02/09/1983
Pages: 259
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.23w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9780898620443

About the Author
Carol M. Anderson is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.
Susan Stewart is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.

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