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This text will enable students tgain beginning proficiency as a family therapist along with understanding the impact of a clients race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender issues, age, socioeconomic status, disability, and differences from the “traditional” family on family assessment and intervention The book has six goals, as follows: - acquaint students with the theoretical underpinnings of various approaches tassessing and intervening with families - assist students in understanding the similarities, differences and strategies of change among the major models of family therapy - introduce the student tthe current available research on the effectiveness of different approaches tfamily intervention - help students assess family functioning from a life cycle perspective and make a valid plan, taking intaccount clients race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender issues, age, socioeconomic status, disability, and differences from the “traditional” family - help students develop techniques and strategies related tstages of the intervention in family therapy - enable the student tcritique the appropriateness of the theoretical models and its intervention techniques according tfamily developmental factors as well as the particular needs of the family