Gill Gorell Barnes
Gill Gorell Barnes works as a family, marital, and couple therapist in private practice and consults to other therapists of different modalities. For ten years she worked as Consultant to Family Court Proceedings in the UK Family Courts, both as therapist and expert witness. She has written a book on family life in transition following divorce, as well as a book on working with children and parents and a research project on stepfamilies. She has also written a number of publications that focus on working with highly acrimonious post-divorce relationships.
Growing up in step-families
The growth of step-families has been one of the most dramatic changes in British family life in recent decades. Currently, more than one in twelve children live in a step-family. Using clinical... (more)
Family Therapy in Changing Times
The new edition of this well-known text addresses the plurality of family life today, and considers the way in which the changeable 'theory of family' has influenced the approaches of those working... (more)
Working with Children and Parents Through Separation and Divorce
This text combines research, clinical and practical approaches to working with children and parents going through stressful changes linked to separation or divorce. A focused approach to divorce... (more)
Systemic Supervision: A Portable Guide for Supervision Training
Evaluates the practical and theoretical issues involved in implementing effective supervisory training within a family therapy practice. It examines the relationship between supervisor and trainee in... (more)
Building Children’s Resilience in the Face of Parental Mental Illness: Conversations with Children, Parents and Professionals
Mental illness in a parent presents children with multiple challenges, including stigma, self-doubt and self-blame, ongoing anxiety and depression, that are rarely discussed in the public domain.... (more)