The stages of the family life cycle -- Major events in the history of family therapy -- Introduction: The foundations of family therapy -- The evolution of family therapy -- Basic techniques of family therapy -- The fundamental concepts of family therapy -- Bowen family systems therapy -- Strategic family therapy -- Structural family therapy -- Experimental family therapy -- Psychoanalytic family therapy -- Cognitive-behavioral family therapy -- Family therapy in the twenty-first century -- Solution-focused therapy -- Narrative therapy -- Comparative analysis -- Research on family intervention -- Appendix A: Chapter-by-chapter recommended readings -- Appendix B: Selected readings in family therapy -- Appendix C: Glossary.