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Summary: Published in '78, still relevant today
Review: This is an insightful and engaging read. Everything is wrapped up in the complex dynamics of the family. Napier and Whitaker take the approach that 12-year old daughter is having some issues, then bring the whole family in and conduct therapy on them as a family. The problems of the individual are so deeply intertwined with the problems of the family. Napier and Whitaker do a bang-up job at presenting the material. This could have easily been a book of boredom filled with psycho-babble dry academic lifeless trifle, but no, it's not. Instead "The Family Crucible," makes the point of family therapy by telling a story, an extended case study. We follow along with the family of five as they show how one member's problems is related to the family. The therapy shifts from daughter to son to parent-interaction with daughter and son, and finally the couple's marriage that really is at the heart of the issue. The good docs even go so far as to call in the grandparents to get at some real issues the family is dealing with. You begin to care about this family seemingly as much as Napier and Whitaker do, and you want the best for them. Along the way, the authors share their poignant view on family dynamics and also, somewhere along the way...there's a reader epiphany. There's the oh, there's the yes, there's the "that explains it." In our ever growing quest here on this earth to live together and understand humanity and the humanity we call family and live with day to day, this book goes miles beyond any expectation. Get your hands on, "The Family Crucible," and talk with your family about it. I know, I am.
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Summary: Scapegoating Bullying Harrassment
Review: Three-in-one. This book explains the roots of human behavior including victim "making" and selection.
Discover the family as system of "creation".
Book recommended for sociology, psychology and criminology students.
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Summary: ExcellentWhether married
Review: Whether married for 5,10,25,or 50, This book offers much to understanding the trauma all married people feel at some period in their marriage.
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