Global Perspectives In Family Therapy: Development, Practice, Trends

Global Perspectives in Family Therapy THE FAMILY THERAPY AND COUNSELING SERIES Consulting Editor Jon Carlson, Psy.D., Ed.D. Ng Erdman and Caf fery Global Perspectives in Family Therapy: Development, Practice, and Trends Attachment and Family Systems: Conceptual, Empirical, and Therapeutic Relatedness Global Perspectives in Family Therapy Development, Practice, and Trends Edited by KIT S.NG Brunner-Routledge New York and Hove Published in 2003 by Brunner-Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 www.brunner-routledge.com Published in Great Britain by Brunner-Routledge 27 Church Road Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FA www.brunner-routledge.co.uk Copyright © 2003 by Taylor & Francis Books, Inc. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Brunner-Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Global perspectives in family therapy: development, practice, trends/edited by Kit S.Ng. p. cm.—(The family therapy and counseling series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58391-311-4 1. Family psychotherapy—Cross-cultural studies. 2. Cultural psychiatry. 3. Psychiatry, Transcultural. I. Ng, Kit S. II. Series. RC488.5 .G565 2003 616.89’156–dc21 200201427 6 ISBN 0-203-00961-4 Master e-book ISBN Contents 1. From the Series Editor vii Foreword ix Preface xi Toward a Global View of Family Therapy Development Kit S.Ng 1 PART I. THE HISTORY OF FAMILY THERAPY IN ASIA 2. The Development of Family Therapy and the Experience of Fatherhood in the Japanese Context Takeshi Tamura 18 3. Family Therapy in Malaysia: An Update Kit S.Ng 31 4. The Emergence of Family Therapy in Postmodern Singapore Augustine Tan 39 5. The Beginning of Family Therapy in India Radha Prabhu 57 PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY THERAPY IN EUROPE 6. Systemic Family Therapy in Austria Gerda Klammer 69 7. The Effects of Family Therapy in Italy Paolo Bertrando 81 8. Family Therapy and Family Life Cycle in Russia Anna Varga 104 9. Family Therapy in France: A Brief Overview Jean Francois Le Goff 115 vi 10. Reflections on Forty Years of Family therapy, Research, and Systemic Thinking in Greece Basilia (Lia) Softas-Nall 126 PART III. FAMILY THERAPY IN AFRICA 11. Indigenous Family Work