Involuntary clients are required to see a professional, such as juveniles on probation, or are pressured to seek help, such as alcoholics threatened with the de

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This timely update presents modern directions in systemic therapy practice with couples and families, focusing on clinical innovations from Italy, Portugal, and

Based on the papers of the Conference on applications of task-centered treatment, held at the University of Chicago, 1975.