Book Reviews : Issues in Social Policy Kathleen Jones, John Brown & Jon athan Bradshaw Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978, £3.25 pb Political Issues and Community Work Edited by Paul Curno, Routledge & Kegan Paul, £4.95 pb
| Date | 01 March 1979 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455057902600108 |
| Author | Bruce Hugman |
| Published date | 01 March 1979 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
a new British edition of a book pub-
lished in 1972. It describes family
BOOK REVIEWS
processes and is written for families
to use themselves, in contrast with
Conjoint Family Therapy which is for
professionals. Its essential content is
similar to that of the earlier book,
Conjoint Family Therapy
but this is a Do-It-Yourself version,
Virginia Satir
liberally equipped with exercises and
Souvenir Press, £4.50, (£2.95 p/b)
games designed to help families im-
Peoplemaking
prove their own functioning. This
Virginia Satir
approach seems to
Souvenir Press, £5.00, (£3.50 p/b)
presuppose the
existence of a large potential reader-
It is rare to have the chance of re-
ship of articulate, well-motivated fam-
viewing an established classic, but the
ilies, and a network of &dquo;family life
appearance after eleven years of a
education classes&dquo;.
revised British edition of Conjoint
This book is firmly in the tradition
Family Therapy provides an oppor-
of such
tunity for
self-help books as Eysenck’s
a restatement of its funda-
Know Vow Own
mental value. Virginia Satir’s book
LQ. and Spock’s
Baby and Child Care; as such, it
must by
may
now be well-known in the
find
Probation
a more limited
Service
readership in this
as a practical guide
for those who
country than in the USA. But I hope
want to help families
that it will be read
in difficulty. In the face of widespread
by others beyond
confirmed
public questioning of whether
Virginia Satir enthusiasts.
profes-
Divorce court welfare
sional social work has
officers, for
anything tan-
gible
instance, might find the chapter on
to offer, here are described real
skills, based
one-parent and &dquo;blended&dquo; families
on knowledge, and cap-
worth
able of being learnt.
recommending to some of their
clients. It is rare to find such a wealth
Conjoint Family Therapy accura-
of theoretical
tely .describes itself
knowledge and profess-
as &dquo;a
guide to
ional
theory and technique&dquo;; it comprises
experience expressed with the
three sections,
clarity and simplicity that character-
two on theory and a
third
ises this book, delightfully supplemen-
on therapy. The opening ana-
ted
lysis of family relationships
throughout with drawings. This
rests on
book deserves to be read, not from
a wealth of knowledge and clinical
experience deriving from the psycho-
any desire to keep up with transatlan-
tic
analytic tradition. It
professional developments, but four
says a great deal
sheer
that is relevant
enjoyment.
to the understanding
of delinquency and...
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