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Family Therapies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal. Yarhouse, M. A., & Sells,]. N. (2008). Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
AS AN UNDERGRAD IN AN ELITE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT STRUGGLING with how my newly- forming faith and academic discipline intersected, I was immensely thankful for Modern Psychotherapies (InterVarsity Press, 1991). In that volume, Jones and Butman not only summarized most of the major psychological theories, but also looked at the places where psychological epistemologies and worldviews were similar and dissimilar to Christian faith. Without that book, I may not have finished my bachelor's degree with my faith intact.
Years later, when pursuing my master's degree in social work concentrating in child and family studies, I wished earnestly for a similar volume on family therapies. In family therapy, where many of its founders have larger-than-life personalities and many theories contradict others, a solid reference guide that could help synthesize my faith in relationship to each theory's underlying presuppositions was something for which I regularly longed, as both a child welfare practitioner and instructor in family therapy.
I am thankful to say that book has finally arrived. Yarhouse and Sells have combined to produce an erudite and delightfully readable reference work that not only summarizes every major...