Out of Control

Family Therapy and Domestic Disorder

By:

Jaber F Gubrium

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Sage Library of Social Research

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Counselling techniques that can help families regain control and causes of families breaking up are among the topics explored in this ethnographic account of therapeutic sessions. Two very different views of what a family is and how it becomes `out of control' emerge, resulting in vastly different therapeutic approaches. Gubrium compares two family counselling facilities - a community outpatient centre and a private family-focused psychiatric hospital - which have radically different concepts of the family. One setting examines a family's system including hidden structures, power relations, language and interaction as clues to the family's dysfunction. The other is concerned with affective relationships and deep emotions, hoping to use these bonds to connect members of troubled families.

Author Biography:

Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.

Release date Australia

May 13th, 1992

Author

Jaber F Gubrium

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

257

Series

Sage Library of Social Research

Dimensions

140x216x15

ISBN-13

9780803946330

Product ID

2066835

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