Family Therapy

There has been an exponential growth in family therapy literature in recent years. An outpouring of new books and journals have deluged the market which is bewildering to new readers. Fortunately, there are now some excellent introductory texts which help orientate the newcomer, such as Walrond-Skinner (1976), Skynner (1976) and Glick and Kessler (1980). For those who like encyclopaedic coverage there is also a recently published excellent and critical handbook edited by Gurman and Kniskern (1981). However, to gain a deeper understanding of the way the field has developed, I would like to focus on a number of texts and papers which have helped me in my own understanding over the years.