Articles on Family Therapy

Fishman, H.C., Reflections on Assessment in Structural Family. In Keeney, B., Ed., Diagnosis and Assessment in Family Therapy, The Family Therapy Collections. Rockville, MD: Aspen, 1982.


Fishman, H.C., Diagnosis and Context: An Alexandrian Quartet. In Ziffer, R., Ed., Adjunctive Techniques in Family Therapy. Orlando, FL: Grune & Stratton, 1984.


Fishman, H.C., The Family as a Fugue. In Fishman, H.C. and Rosman, B.L., Eds., Evolving Models for Family Change: A Festschrift in Honor of Salvador Minuchin. New York: Guilford, 1986.


Fishman, H.C., Structural Family Therapy and the Family Life Cycle: A Four Dimensional Model. In Falicov, C., Ed., Family Transitions: Continuity & Change Over the Life Cycle New York: Guilford, 1988.


Fishman, H.C.,Fishman, T. Structural Family Therapy. In Sholavar, C. Pirooz, ed. Text Book of Family and Couples Therapy. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association Press, 2003.

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