Best Family Counselling Book Recommendation
Book Link: Family Art Therapy
About The Book:
This book takes some family therapy perspectives mixed with art therapy. It is a very good idea to use a structural perspective or a narrative perspective from family therapy, but art therapy will always be the best matter to work with. Very interesting to have many other ideas, to go beyond words and start to using a paintbrush.
This book gives detailed descriptions of many of the most common/well-known counseling theories. This is the second theories book that I have had to use in my course of study and it is by far the better of the two. I am not finished with the entire book yet, but there does not seem to be any clear basis towards any one theory so far. There is detail about the history of the developer of the theory/theory itself, practical applications for current populations and methods utilized for each of the theories in this book.
It is extremely informative, providing a thorough overview of each major school of counseling and psychotherapy. It is also faithful to provide a balanced look at each system's weaknesses and strengths, and the structure of the text is consistent throughout, enabling the reader to quickly reference and summarize the information contained in each chapter.
That being said, the book is as dry as dirt; there are few images, few meaningful text interactions (questions or otherwise), and a technical writing style that makes minimal effort at engaging the reader. Most students will struggle to read more than a few pages at a time. The book functions much better as an occasional reference text rather than a book to be read through by a class or interested student.
Book Link: Family Art Therapy
About The Book:
This book takes some family therapy perspectives mixed with art therapy. It is a very good idea to use a structural perspective or a narrative perspective from family therapy, but art therapy will always be the best matter to work with. Very interesting to have many other ideas, to go beyond words and start to using a paintbrush.
This book gives detailed descriptions of many of the most common/well-known counseling theories. This is the second theories book that I have had to use in my course of study and it is by far the better of the two. I am not finished with the entire book yet, but there does not seem to be any clear basis towards any one theory so far. There is detail about the history of the developer of the theory/theory itself, practical applications for current populations and methods utilized for each of the theories in this book.
It is extremely informative, providing a thorough overview of each major school of counseling and psychotherapy. It is also faithful to provide a balanced look at each system's weaknesses and strengths, and the structure of the text is consistent throughout, enabling the reader to quickly reference and summarize the information contained in each chapter.
That being said, the book is as dry as dirt; there are few images, few meaningful text interactions (questions or otherwise), and a technical writing style that makes minimal effort at engaging the reader. Most students will struggle to read more than a few pages at a time. The book functions much better as an occasional reference text rather than a book to be read through by a class or interested student.
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