How refreshing: Know yourself, your core values and personal philosophy and, with this awareness, be willing to dance with families. This book offers a terrific oasis for beginning therapists (and tired experienced ones!) thirsty for gentle guidance in learning how to trust what you know and courageously look at what you don't. -- Edith C. Lawrence, Ph.D. This book encourages the newcomer to leap into the family fray with both heart and eyes wide open. Taibbi takes the reader on a high-energy, fast-paced tour through most of what can happen to a family therapist with a constant underlying message,'you can handle it.' A book full of courage and playful wisdom. -- David B. Waters, Ph.D. This book contains the kind of wisdom regarding each step in family therapy that I always wish I could remember to tell my students....If this book had been around when I was starting out, my client families and I would have been untold traumas. -- Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D. This masterful guide to the art and science of family therapy elucidates the essential skills common to all family interventions. Rather than advocating one best approach, the author shows that there are multiple ways of working, and the best is often that which suits the therapist's own personality, values, and skills. Beautifully written and enhanced by detailed case material and hands-on exercises, the book outlines the basics of systemic thinking and empowers readers to expand their range of therapeutic options. Illuminating the delicate yet powerful balance between craft and creativity, Robert Taibbi helps therapists at all levels of experience to more fully utilize the power of family therapy. Serves as a text forcourses in family therapy. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.