It is only in recent years that there has been development in the awareness of the father's mental health. Yet, the father's mental health can influence the mother, the infant, the family and... (more)
Nurturing Attachments Training Resource is a complete group-work programme containing everything you need to run training and support sessions for adoptive parents and foster or kinship carers. Based... (more)
The family begins with the parental couple; it is they who create the family. This book explores the way in which the child or any member of the family can carry unresolved projections arising from... (more)
This work offers views from professionals and families on the practicalities of family group conferences, how they are managed and their outcomes. It provides an outline of "best practice" for staff... (more)
Although one in ten women in the UK suffer from Polycistic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), many doctors do not recognize the condition. Written by a sufferer, this book offers advice on dealing with this... (more)
This volume offers case-based discussions that address race, gender and class as they effect the personal problems of individual families. While keeping an explicit focus on clinical work, the book... (more)
This book illuminates the unique needs of gay male couples in therapy and provides a practical framework for clinical intervention. The authors review the basic principles of structural family... (more)
A thorough and critical analysis of the theory and practice of family therapy combining perspectives from both within and outside the family therapy world. This book encourages debate about the... (more)
This widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups. Each chapter... (more)
Shows how VIG has been successfuly applied to family relationships, schools & higher education, individuals with communication & developmental disorders & as a reflective professional development... (more)
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal is a new international journal sponsored by the Bristish Society of Couple Psychotherapists and Counsellors, the Professional Association of the Tavistock... (more)
PUBL - INET: This current, engaging, and practice-oriented text is your complete resource for mastering the many facets of family therapy. In this Seventh Edition of their respected text, Irene and... (more)
A book by the best-selling authors of Getting the Love You Want and Keeping the Love You Find. Its been more than three decades since Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt the best-selling authors... (more)
Provides a review and analysis of the theoretical and empirical research that has examined the interconnections among the domains of family life and the workplace. Documenting the economy patterns,... (more)
In this compelling book, the authors present an innovative therapeutic model for understanding and treating adults from emotionally abusive or neglectful families - families the authors call... (more)
It is estimated that more than half of all adopted people go in search of their birth family members at some point. This book draws on the real-life experiences of people who have traced their birth... (more)
Since 1960 the number of mixed race marriages in the USA has doubled every decade. This study traces the social changes that account for the growth of intermarriage as well as the lingering... (more)