Publications on Family Therapy

Fishman, H.C., Scott, S., Betof, N., A Hall of Mirrors: A Structural Approach to the Problems of the Retarded. Mental Retardation Journal, January, 1977.


Fishman, H.C., A Matter of Power? Drawing the Line Between Therapy and Social Control. Family Therapy Networker, Jan/Feb 1990:17-18.


Fishman, H.C., Drawing the Line: Are Some Families ‘Untreatable’?.Family Therapy Networker, Sept/Oct 1990:81-83.


Fishman, H.C., Establishing the Agenda: Approaches to Schizophrenia. Family Therapy Networker, Nov/Dec 1990:67.


Fishman, H.C., Our Assumptions About Incest: Maintaining a Professional Perspective. Family Therapy Networker, May/June 1991:67-68.


Fishman, H.C., The Resistant Substance Abuser. Family Therapy Networker, Jan/Feb 1992: 83-84.


Fishman, H.C., Preventing Out-of-Home Placements. Family Therapy Networker, Jul/Aug 1992:65.


Fishman, H.C., One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Treating the Unmotivated Client. Family Therapy Networker, Sept/Oct 1993:91-92.


Fishman, H.C., The Boy Who Lived Catwoman. Family Therapy Networker, Jan/Feb 1994:73-73; May/Jun, 1994:7(L).


Fishman, H.C., No Time to Waste: When Culture and Medical Needs Conflict. Family Therapy Networker, Nov/Dec 1994:77.


Fishman, H.C.,Andes, F., Knolton, R. Enhancing Family Therapy: The Addition of a Community Resource Specialist. Journal of American Association of Family Therapists, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, January 2001, Vol.27 No. 1,111-116.

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