Forewords.

1. Dimensions of Family Therapy.

2. Elements of Strategic Family Therapy.

3. Marital Problems: Balancing Power.

4. Children's Problems: Three Paradoxical Strategies.

5. Parental Problems: Changing Child-Parent Interactions.

6. Severe Problems of Adolescence: Putting the Parents in Charge.

7. Night Terrors: A Case Study.

8. A Depressed Man: A Case Study.

9. Summary: Metaphor and Power.