Peter Rober is a clinical psychologist and family therapist. He is professor at the Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies, Medical School (University of Leuven, Belgium). His research focus is on the psychotherapy process in family therapy, and on processes in families (trauma, grief, secrecy, etc.). He has numerous publications on these subjects in international peer-reviewed journals.

Part I: What scientific research can teach us about being an effective therapist

Ch.1 The effective psychotherapist

Ch.2 The complex alliance in family therapy

Stairway to heaven - The story of Jason and his family (part 1)

Part II: The family therapist in the session

Ch.3 The family therapist as a wounded healer

Ch.4 The family therapist in action

Ch.5 The family therapist's inner dialogue

Ch.6 Emotion regulation of the family therapist

Stairway to heaven - The story of Jason and his family (part 2)

Part III: Becoming more effective as a family therapist

Ch.7 Feedback-orientation of the family therapist

Ch.8 The self-supervision questionnaire

Stairway to heaven - The Story of Jason and his family (part 3)

Part IV: Being a family therapist

Ch.9 The story of the therapy with the De Smet family