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Learning to do effective clinical work with families is a process that evolves slowly. It requires much more than the initial enthusiasm that may follow a few successfully managed and lively family interviews. Some early experiences of that kind are essential for developing a belief in the value of the modality, but the ability to hang in with difficult families over a period of time requires a considerable depth of clinical wisdom. That kind of wisdom about families accumulates slowly and builds out of a combination of substantial theoretical comprehension and wide ranging clinical experience including trial and error, success and failure.
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Brown, S.L. (1980). Comprehension of the Developmental Cycle of Families in the Training of Child Psychiatry Clinicians. In: Flomenhaft, K., Christ, A.E. (eds) The Challenge of Family Therapy. The Downstate Series of Research in Psychiatry and Psychology, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3845-1_17
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