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    Karl Tomm's approach to systemic practice
    (Edwin Mellen Press, 2001)
    Karl Tomm occupies a pivotal position in the evolution of systemic family therapy. He played an important role in bringing the work of the original Milan systemic family therapy team to the attention of family therapists in North America, the UK and Ireland. He then went on to extend and elaborate their work and also to integrate work from the narrative therapy tradition into systemic family therapy. The account of some aspects of his work presented in this chapter are based on a presentation he made over two days at the Mater Hospital in Dublin in April 1997. The presentation and this account of Karl Tomm’s work clusters around four central themes.
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    Evaluation of the Genesis Counselling Service
    (Northern Area Health Board, 2004) ; ;
    Corduff Counselling Service was the forerunner of the Genesis Psychotherapy Family Therapy Service (hereafter referred to as Genesis). It was established in 1993 by the Corduff Community Core Group as a community service to provide psychotherapy and counselling to individuals, couples and families in Corduff and the Greater Blanchardstown area. It was initially set up and managed by voluntary staff, who had trained at the Clanwilliam Institute, to provide a systemic family therapy service to clients in the local community. Over an 11 year period the service has developed considerably in size and professionalism and now serves the Dublin 15 area or Community Care Area 6. The aim of this service evaluation and review was to assess the effectiveness of Genesis and identify the optimal path for future development.
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    Narratives of hope
    (Routledge, 2005-07-28)
    This chapter will begin with a case example which illustrates an integrative approach to the practice of family therapy. In the remainder of the chapter the broad principles of practice which underpin the case study will be sketched. I will also illustrate how this approach helps clients develop hopeful narratives about themselves and their lives. This approach to practice, particularly the formulation of exceptions, has been informed by developments within the positive psychology movement.
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    Milan systemic family therapy: a review of 10 empirical investigations
    (Wiley-Blackwell, 1991)
    Ten empirical investigations of Milan Family Therapy (MFT) are reviewed in this paper. The studies include both single and comparative group outcome trials; investigations of therapeutic process; clinical audit and consumer satisfaction surveys. Substantive findings and methodological issues are discussed in the light of family therapy and individual psychotherapy research generally. Findings indicate that MFT may lead to symptomatic change in two-thirds to three-quarters of cases and to systemic change in half the treated cases. Engagement of fathers may be important for positive outcome. Technical aspects of MFT, such as the use of screens and teams, may lead to client dissatisfaction in some cases. MFT-based consultation may be effective in resolving therapeutic impasses. Coupled with short-term residential placement, MFT may reduce the risk and complexity of cases as rated by referring social workers.
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    Thematic Review of Family Therapy Journals 2009
    (Wiley, 2010-11)
    In this article the contents of the principal English-language family therapy journals published in 2009 are reviewed under these headings: narrative therapy, child-focused problems, adult-focused problems, substance abuse across the lifespan, illness across the lifespan, family violence, couples, diversity, developments in systemic practice, training and research.
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    Divorce research: Lessons for family therapists
    (Edwin Mellen Press, 2001)
    In this synthesis of the international literature on psychological aspects of divorce, the causes and consequences of divorce for parents and children are summarized. The majority of parents and children show no major long-term adverse psychological consequences to divorce. Personal and contextual factors that mediate the impact of divorce on parents and children and that may account of the negative impact of divorce on a minority of parents and children are also examined. The impact of mediation and of post-divorce therapy are described and priorities for research and service development identified.
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    Thematic review of family therapy journals in 2013
    (Wiley, 2014-11)
    In this article the contents of the principal English-language family therapy journals and key family therapy articles published in other journals in 2013 are reviewed under these headings: models of family therapy, developments in family therapy practice, couple therapy, training, diversity, international developments, research and DSM-5.
      411Scopus© Citations 1
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    Family therapy and clinical psychology
    (Wiley, 1995-11)
    The results of a survey of 111 clinical psychologists in the Republic of Ireland along with some comparable data from US and UK surveys were used to address a series of questions about the link between family therapy and clinical psychology. Family therapy was not a clearly identifiable sub-specialty within clinical psychology in Ireland. Family therapy theoretical models were used by more than a quarter of the Irish sample to conceptualize their work but by less than a tenth of US and UK respondents. In all three countries about a tenth of treatment time was devoted to the practice of family therapy. In Ireland, the use of family systems models, family assessment interviews and family therapy was more common within the child and family specialty than within the mental handicap or adult mental health clinical psychology specialties. The experience of live supervision and participation in family or couples therapy were important formative factors in the development of some clinical psychologists. Further training in systemic consultation, particularly in situations where an abuse of power has occurred, was identified in the survey as a priority area for continuing professional development. The evolving relationship between family therapy and clinical psychology is discussed in the light of these findings.
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    De Milanese systeemgerichte gezinstherapie: een overzicht van tien empirische onderzoeken
    (Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum, 1992)
    In dit artikel wordt een samenvattend overzicht gegeven van tien empirische onderzoeken van de Milananese gezinstherapie (MGT). Deze betreffen effect-onderzoeken met en zonder vergelijkingsgroepen, onderzoeken van het therapeutisch proces, onderzoeken waarin gebruik wordt gemaakt van klinische intercollegiale toetsing van de kwaliteit van het werk en onderzoeken die de tevredenheid van de clienten peilen.
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    The psychology of divorce: A synthesis of the literature
    (Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1995-11)
    In this synthesis of the international literature on psychological aspects of divorce, the causes and consequences of divorce for parents and children are summarized. The majority of parents and children show no major long-term adverse psychological consequences to divorce. Personal and contextual factors that mediate the impact of divorce on parents and children and that may account of the negative impact of divorce on a minority of parents and children are also examined. The impact of mediation and of post-divorce therapy are described and priorities for research and service development identified.
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