In this paper the principal English‐language family therapy journals published in 2003 are
reviewed under the following headings: therapy effectiveness, therapy process, assessment …

This book explores social constructionism and the language of mental distress. Mental
health research has traditionally been dominated by genetic and biomedical explanations …

This article presents alternative ways to respond to events understood as 'traumatic'in most
psychological contexts. It questions the medicalisation and individualisation of persons' …

The question of social justice is gaining attention in examinations of the scope of counselling
and psychotherapy practice. There is a growing recognition that persons seeking …

Derrida tells us languages are bearers of culture that are never neutral but always political;
they impose a kind of cultural violence on the persons who speak them. If to speak a …

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM‐5), given its
psychiatric focus on mental disorders in individuals, presents families and family therapists …

Counsellors have historically endorsed pluralistic approaches to practice. However, recent
medicalizing trends now often shape how they are paid, regulated, and administered. The …

In the West, the concept of mental illness represents the dominant perspective on emotional
distress. Despite their prominence, psychiatric diagnoses have been subject to extensive …

This chapter characterizes the assessment conversation in the diagnostic process between
therapist and client as a highly significant and typically overlooked site of identity …

Discourse analysis, such as analyses of mental health discourse, has enabled researchers,
practitioners, and policymakers to step back from communications in order to see what is …