"If you have a troubled marriage, a troubled child, a troubled self, if you're in therapy or think that there's no help for your predicament, The Family Crucible will give you insights . . . that are remarkably fresh and helpful."—New York Times Book Review
The classic groundbreaking book on family therapy by acclaimed family psychology experts Augustus Y. Napier, Ph.D., and Carl Whitaker, M.D.
This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family's therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all family relationships—stress, polarization and escalation, scapegoating, triangulation, blaming, and the diffusion of identity—and you will gain a vivid understanding of the intriguing field of family counseling and communication.
What really happens behind the closed doors of a therapist's office?