Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books
Paradox and the family system
Provides therapists with an understanding of the principles, applications and implications of paradoxical therapy, the rationale for the use of paradox in family therapy and the therapist's role in... (more)
Counselling couples and families: A person-centred approach
In this counselling handbook, the person-centred approach is integrated with the theories and practice of counselling couples and families. The author identifies issues specific to relational... (more)
Treating the adolescent in family therapy: A developmental and narrative approach
Teenagers exploring their identities fare best when they stay connected with family, the author has learned. Accordingly, she endorses family therapy as the appropriate forum for treating them. In... (more)
Culturally competent family therapy: A general model
pgs 296.DA guide to a therapy which incorporates the cultural issues contributing to the problems which families of any sociocultural background may face. It covers difficulties such as... (more)
Therapy of the difficult divorce: managing crises, reorientating warring couples, working with the children and expediting court processes:
A study of the manifestations of difficult divorce. It argues that the children's well-being must be a priority, and that therapy must deal with the realities of divorce. It focuses on lapses in... (more)
The Adoption Experience: Families Who Give Children a Second Chance
A book containing real life stories which take the reader through every stage of the adoption process. It aims to inform and enlighten professionals, adopters and potential adopters and all those who... (more)
The Postdivorce family: Children, parenting, and society
This book focuses on the consequences of divorce for children, and examines the parents' responsibilities after divorce. It concludes with a section that explores the effects of a high divorce rate... (more)
Violence in homes and communities: prevention, intervention, and treatment
This books shows why there has been an increase in domestic, workplace, and community violence, and what can be done to prevent it. Part of the Issues in Children's and Families' Lives series. 326... (more)
The Uninvited Guest: Emerging from Narcissism towards Marriage
A fascinating and imaginative book combining psychoanalytic theory and literature - in particular classic plays about marriage and married couples - to help couples therapists as they piece together... (more)
Men are from earth, women are from Earth: A guide to winning cooperation from your spouse
Men and women are more alike than they are different. They share common hopes and fears, the capacity to engage in dysfunctional behaviour and the ability to change if they choose. The book seeks to... (more)
Brothers and Sisters: Developmental, Dynamic, and Technical Aspects of the Sibling Relationship
Sibling relationships and rivalry are as old as recorded history. This analysis explores that ambivalence between siblings, which casts its shadow throughout people's lifetimes and affects their... (more)
Patterns of Adoption
This text provides coverage of the major research and theoretical perspectives on adoption, reviewing the work of several disciplines within psychology, sociology and social work. With the change in... (more)
Children in families: Research and policy
This work argues that children's needs have often been neglected in the social sciences, especially in the areas of law, social policy and sociology. It presents empirical research on children in... (more)
Explorations in family nursing:
This volume looks at how nurses can adopt a more collaborative approach to working with families to both facilitate their task as carers and promote the health and well-being of the whole family. 248... (more)
Halving it all: how equally shared parenting works
New in paperback. The best way to have it all-both a full family life and a career-is to halve it all. Deutsch brings good news in the wake of inequality which has blighted women whose work-load is... (more)
Joining new families: A study of adoption and fostering in middle childhood
This book offers a comprehensive overview of procedures regarding adoption and permanent family placements. It also focuses on the first year of adoption to provide information on the... (more)
The healing journey for couples: Journal of mutual discovery
Designed to develop and improve a relationship, this is one of first three books in the "Healing Journey" series. It features 45 guided journal entries to help couples increase communication, get in... (more)
Single session family staging: Breaking family spells
This book introduces a radically new way of revealing the underlying reality of a person's emotional world. The method described focuses solely on the systemic aspects of an individual's existence... (more)
Being married, doing gender: A critical analysis of gender relationships in marriage
In this psychological study of women in heterosexual relationships, the author examines the social context of their experiences and emotional struggles. The text places case study material in the... (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)
Family transformation through divorce and remarriage: A systemic approach
Looks at the complete divorce-remarriage-stepfamily cycle in the context of demographic data, the legal process and the systemic theoretical framework. (more)
The Intimate Couple
As important as intimacy is in our personal and professional lives, intimacy as a theoretical and clinical factor still remains a phenomenon. Currently, there appears to be as many definitions of... (more)
Guiding the family: Practical counseling techniques
A book aimed at professional family counsellors and therapists, it is also accessible to parents and professionals from other fields who may become involved in some aspects of family counselling,... (more)
Problem solving in families: Research and practice
This comprehensive and accessible guide brings together previously unsynthesized material from various fields, including clinical psychology and family therapy, on family problem solving. It explains... (more)
Lust: What we know about human sexual desire
This accessible, interdisciplinary book reviews theory and research on the characteristics of sexual desire, the individual physical and mental factors of sexual desire, the various factors that... (more)
Marriage, divorce, and children's adjustment
A completely updated second edition of this authoritative, research-based work on children and divorce. Includes new findings from the fields of psychology, sociology, economics and the law. 164... (more)
Lesbians and gays in couples and families: A handbook for therapists
This work provides a guide to the theory, research and clinical treatment of lesbian and gay couples and families. Coverage includes: transgenerational homophobia; custodial lesbian mothers and... (more)