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Birgit Spohr


Birgit Spohr is a psychologist and a psychological psychotherapist at the Therapieladen e.V. She also works as a freelance trainer, author and supervisor in Berlin.
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Andreas Gantner


Andreas Gantner is a psychologist and a psychological psychotherapist at the Therapieladen e.V. in Berlin. He presently heads that institution.
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Jeanine A. Bobbink


Jeanine Bobbink is a psychologist and a psychological psychotherapist at the Therapieladen e.V. She also works as a freelance counsellor, psychotherapist and supervisor in Berlin.
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Howard A. Liddle


Dr. Howard Liddle is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health as well as Director of the Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse at the University of Miami Medical School, USA.
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Birgit Spohr, Andreas Gantner, Jeanine A. Bobbink, Howard A. Liddle

Multidimensionale Familientherapie

Jugendliche bei Drogenmissbrauch und Verhaltensproblemen wirksam behandeln

1. Edition 2011
215 pages
ISBN 978-3-525-40214-6
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

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This book introduces the German-language audience to Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT), a treatment method for addressing adolescents who abuse drugs and have multiple behavioural problems as well as their families. It has been developed since 1985 by Prof. Howard Liddle in Miami, USA, and has been employed and empirically tested since then both in North America and Europe.
First, the book offers a compact overview of how MDFT came to be, how it works and how it is evaluated. Besides the existing research results on its effectiveness, the reader is also introduced to the theoretical and scientific background of this method. MDFT works parallel on four different levels: that of the adolescent, of the parents, of the family as a unit and of the family´s environment. The principles and guidelines of this therapeutic method comprise the basic therapeutic competences and interventions as well as the structure and format of the therapeutic process, important working utensils and the MDFT-specific form of supervision.
At the center of this volume lies the presentation of the MDFT in practice, using case examples and excerpts from actual therapy sessions, which serve to concretely illustrate how the therapy is conducted in the various subsystems and phases.

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