Couples & Family

Dr. Quinn provides a review on related research and programs and effectiveness. A presentation of the model program provides most of the materials an individual or agency would need to begin to implement the program. A practitioner might take activities...

Whether the result of miscommunication, betrayal, abandonment, or matters of principle, relationship breaks-children from parents, friends from one another and intergenerational-are common gut-wrenching experiences that often go unrecognised in therapy...

This cutting-edge second edition of The Craft of Family Therapy revisits some of Salvador Minuchin's most famous cases, guiding trainee therapists through basic techniques and ideas while illuminating the unique voice of Minuchin as the founder of...

Published in 1987, Handbook of Measurements For Marriage And Family Therapy is a valuable contribution to the field of Family Therapy.Book InformationISBN 9781138009479Author Robert ShermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor...

Now thoroughly revised, this practical, user-friendly guide has helped thousands of novice couple therapists and students to navigate the challenges of clinical work with couples in conflict. Robert Taibbi presents effective strategies for rapidly...

The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love. The book Adopts a social science approach to understanding compassionate love Emphasizes positive...

Stephen J. Betchen illuminates unmet expectations as one of the leading causes of relationship problems, offering an integrative, systemic, and conflict-oriented treatment model that will help both therapists and couples develop happier and more...

Drawing on interviews conducted with Black couples in the United States, this book explores relational resilience and identifies unique adaptation strategies that enable couples to overcome the multigenerational effects of violence and sexual mass trauma...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780919123175Author Polly Young-EisendrathFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Inner City BooksPublisher Inner City Books

Emotionally Focused Family Therapy is the definitive manual for applying the effectiveness of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) to the complexities of family life. The book sets out a theoretical framework for mental health professionals to enhance...

Originally published in 1981, this study is the outcome of a clinical workshop based in the Adolescent Department at the Tavistock Clinic; its members at the time shared a tradition and interest in applying psychoanalytic principles to the understanding...

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138869028Author Robert ShermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 386g

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138869127Author James L. FramoFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 363g

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138883703Author Susan M. JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 355Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 476g

Helping Couples Overcome Infidelity provides clinicians with tangible, research-oriented intervention strategies that can guide couples through the aftermath of an affair. In the treatment of an affair, there are several key elements that couples need to...

Consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) means that all partners in a relationship consent to expanded monogamy or polyamory. Clinicians are on the front line in providing support for the estimated millions pioneering these modern relationships. This first available...

African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families, Second Edition is a historically and culturally centered research-based text designed for use in undergraduate, graduate, and community-based courses on African American relationships, marriages,...

Originally published in 1991, this landmark guide gave brilliant insights on dealing with the cultural aspects of family mental health. It systematically reviews various dimensions of the family from a cross-cultural perspective, including system,...

Originally published in 1991, this landmark guide gave brilliant insights on dealing with the cultural aspects of family mental health. It systematically reviews various dimensions of the family from a cross-cultural perspective, including system,...

Case Studies in Couple and Family Therapy is one of the first casebooks to have been written from the perspective of the early career therapist and demonstrates how key issues in therapy occur for both clients and supervisees. The book brings...

First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138004344Author Emily B. VisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 431g

The field of sex therapy has experienced tremendous growth in the last 20 years . The use of the term "sex therapy" for most clinicians brings several well-known therapists to mind and is associated with the treatment of a fairly limited number...

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138004757Author Robert C. BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 363g

A guide for practicing marital therapists in using the cognitive-behavioral approach, concerned with how the subjects think, experience emotions, and behave, and with providing skills for them to address future as well as immediate problems. The sections...

Dancing with the Family presents something of a clinical importance, not to offer an all-encompassing theory of the family therapy. This book emphasize on a dual focus. You will be asked to remain cognizant of the centrality of the person of the...

This volume tackles key issues in the changing nature of family life from a global perspective, and is essential reading for those studying and working with families. Covers changes in couple relationships and the challenges these pose; parenting...

Great Myths of Intimate Relationships provides a captivating, pithy introduction to the subject that challenges and demystifies the many fabrications and stereotypes surrounding relationships, attraction, sex, love, internet dating, and heartbreak. * The...

The Second Edition of the definitive text on systemic clinical supervision has been fully updated and now includes a range of practical online resources. * New edition of the definitive text on systemic clinical supervision, fully updated and revised,...

Working with Adoptive Parents gathers the current research and best practices on successful interventions in working with adoptive families and translates it into practical applications for therapists to use with this population. The book s...

This work reveals those key elements that make for greater bonding with couples in therapy. The author believes that improvement in the couples he treats almost always involves greater closeness and the development of greater capacity for intimacy...

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780876305256Author Stephen K. EricksonFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Brunner-Mazel IncPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780876304471Author Gerald R. WeeksFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Brunner-Mazel IncPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 567g

The first book to present DSM-5 diagnoses within a systems context The first text to present DSM-5 diagnoses within a relational perspective, DSM-5 and Family Systems delivers timely content aimed at training marriage and family therapists, clinical...

This text provides students of family therapy with a unique opportunity to understand and compare the inner workings of 14 traditional and non-traditional family therapy models. The book demonstrates, through innovative "guiding templates," how...

Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) is a profession that is expected to grow rapidly over the next ten years. This timely text provides the essential knowledge base for all facets of supervision in marriage and family therapy that is required to become an...

Strengths-Based Batterer Intervention provides readers with new and innovative ways to approach intervention with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) offenders, one based on strengths rather than deficits. Using emerging theories about batterer intervention...

Help clients grow into loving commitment!Making and keeping commitments is more difficult today than ever. About half of all marriages end in divorce, and serial monogamy is not uncommon. Couples Connecting: Prerequisites of Intimacy identifies the...

Effective Mediation Seasoned mediator Donald Saposnek has revised and updated his classic primer which offers the most current information on issues and procedures concerning child custody mediation and includes important updates on new research and laws...

Solutions for negotiating one of life's most difficult events Healthy Divorce is a very valuable book, containing practical answers to difficult questions. - Dan Kiley, author of The Peter Pan Syndrome and The WAndy DilemmaThe authors have devoted their...

Moving into parenthood is typically a time of great joy and excitement, but it also brings fatigue, stress, and conflict. From the authors of the best-selling Fighting for Your Marriage and A Lasting Promise, this unique and innovative guide offers...