Couples & Family

Fighting for Your African American Marriage gives you solid solutions to the challenges your marriage faces every day. The book contains a unique perspective and presents the powerful, proven strategies of the highly acclaimed PREP(Prevention and...

"Mediating Divorce: A Step by Step Manual" is written for family law attorneys and therapists who need a comprehensive resource for facilitating the divorce mediation process. This invaluable package which includes a mediator's manual and two...

A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical TechniqueTherapists who want to work skillfully with couples are often confronted with a confusing array of theories, techniques, and myths. Treating Couples creatively addresses many of these...

The Heart of Healing is a comprehensive exploration of the essence of healing in human relationships--whether between a shaman and tribesmember, between clergy and parishoner, or a therapist and client--that pushes beyond traditional and limiting...

Details the rapidly growing field of dispute resolution This nuts-and-bolts guide offers a blueprint for developing the skills you need to master the often complex and emotionally charged process of family mediation. In a lively and entertaining style,...

Mediating Divorce is the most readable text on mediation thus far. The book really is a philosophical guide to divorce mediation and clearly spells out the elements and processes of divorce mediation. The book should have been written years ago and is...

Love and family life in the global age: grandparents in Salonika and their grandson in London speak together every evening via Skype. A U.S. citizen and her Swiss husband fret over large telephone bills and high travel costs. A European couple can...

Some families are dangerous environments. Most practitioners in social work, child protection, and hospital and community medicine, as well as the police, will know from their professional experience the extent of spouse abuse, child abuse, sibling...

A master class in family therapy--now updated with an additional ten years' case experience Few people have had as profound an impact on the theory and practice of family therapy as Salvador Minuchin. As one commentator put it, "Memories of his...

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities provides a unique contribution not currently available in the professional literature by addressing the experiences and perspectives of families living with or raising a child with a disability. Designed for...

Relational Family Therapy introduces a cutting-edge family and couple therapy model that synthesizes relational theories and integrates object relations theory with interpersonal psychoanalysis and self-psychology. The model holds that individuals deal...

Sex, God, and the Conservative Church guides psychotherapy and sexology clinicians on how to treat clients who grew up in a conservative faith-mired in sexual shame and dysfunction-and who desire to both heal and hold on to their faith orientation. The...

This volume presents the concept of vigilant care as a protective and non-intrusive parental attitude to risky behaviors of children and adolescents. The effective component in vigilant care is not control, but parental presence. Vigilant care is a...

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138869363Author Barbara R. KrasnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 386g

Offers useful strategies for creating rapport between the linear-focused DSM-5-TR and the circular causality approach of systems-oriented cliniciansWith a focus on clinical applications, this unique text for students of diagnosis, family systems,...

A down-to-earth and highly practical guide, this is the first book to explain and illustrate the relationship between family systems, illness, and loss. This updated paperback edition includes theoretical information along with specific suggestions for...

A direct, informed approach involving all family members An invaluable guide for enhancing your skills when working with families in which child abuse has occurred. Systemic Treatment of Families Who Abuse addresses both the symptoms and precipitating...

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780876305492Author Maurizio AndolfiFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Brunner-Mazel IncPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

This essential text explores the concept of "Me-Marriage"—a marital relationship that blends individualized life goals and interests—and draws from research on the current benefits and costs of marriage to consider how to achieve success, both...

Weaving together somatic psychotherapy, dance/movement therapy, and sex therapy approaches, this uniquely interdisciplinary and practical book offers guidance on how to strengthen your connection with pleasure, receptivity, and ecstasy in an embodied way...

In this book Christine Murray carefully weaves her personal experiences as a survivor with her professional expertise as a counselor, community advocate, and researcher into a comprehensive guidebook for survivors of abuse.Moving forward after suffering...

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780876301999Author N. S. JacobsonFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Brunner-Mazel IncPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 748g

Families Mental Health and Challenges in the 21st Century contains the papers presented at the 1st International Conference of Applied Psychology on Humanity 2022 (ICAPH 2022, Malang, Indonesia, 27 August 2022). The contributions focus on the challenges...

In the early 1980s it was fashionable to suggest that marriage as an institution was in trouble, but there were widely differing views as to whether or not this was really so. Originally published in 1982, this title started as a small-scale exploratory...

This book introduces the protocol known as Tandem Couples Counseling (TCC), a ground-breaking model that provides sound theoretical explanations and interventions that address the inherent difficulties in traditional forms of couples counseling. Tandem...

This book provides an overview of the science and practice of relational savoring, a brief, guided reflection exercise that helps clients reconnect with memories of being closely connected with another person. Positive connection with others provide...

- This book fills a huge gap in the market. All books of the therapist’s use of self are either out of date or incredibly scarce. - Encourages therapists to use their own voice, their creativity, be flexible in integrating different therapeutic...

• An inclusive and comprehensive manual for neurodiverse couple therapy. • Written in the unique perspective of a neurodiverse MFT. • Offers guidance on best practices, assessment, treatment planning, and practical interventions for this population. •...

• An inclusive and comprehensive manual for neurodiverse couple therapy. • Written in the unique perspective of a neurodiverse MFT. • Offers guidance on best practices, assessment, treatment planning, and practical interventions for this population. •...

This collection aims to fill in the deep gaps of vital contributions that have been erased from the sexuality field, illuminating the historical and current work, strategies, solutions, and thoughts from sexologists that have been excluded until now...

*The program already used by thousands of couples around the world, now in a book. *Adapts Neff and Germer’s in-demand Mindful Self-Compassion Program--specifically for couples. *Practical features include nearly 50 “Try This” exercises, downloadable...

As the average lifespan increases, so does the number of living generations, a recipe for some potentially complex family issues. This book offers therapeutic strategies to navigate the unique dynamics and experiences of today’s aging families, from the...

Now in its third edition, this highly regarded and well-established textbook includes up-to-date coverage of recent advances in family therapy practice and reviews of latest research, whilst retaining the popular structure and chapter features of...

This book aims to equip mental health professionals to integrate discussions of sexual identity, health, wellness, and intimacy into the scope of their client's mental health, ensuring they are well-prepared to incorporate sexual functioning into core...

This book aims to equip mental health professionals to integrate discussions of sexual identity, health, wellness, and intimacy into the scope of their client's mental health, ensuring they are well-prepared to incorporate sexual functioning into core...

*Reveals the major problems facing couples in the twenty-first century and provides clinicians with practical insights and up-to-date information into relationship success. *Uncovers how long-term relationships protect emotional and physical health and...

Myths and Lies About Dads: How They Hurt Us All is a groundbreaking book that destroys more than 100 of the most damaging beliefs about fathers. Using the most recent research, this pioneering work exposes these baseless beliefs and the toll they take on...

Engaging, practical, and infused with clinical wisdom, this widely used text and practitioner guide helps therapists working with families to hit the ground running. The revised and updated fourth edition brings fresh insights into the issues families...

By viewing romantic love as an attachment bond, Clare Rosoman incorporates emotionally focused therapy (EFT) and attachment theory to provide evidence-based tools in navigating close relationships and managing the pain of relationship loss. ...

Written by a pioneer and continuing advocate for perinatal health, this book provides a comprehensive look at effective therapy for postpartum depression. This classic edition includes a new preface by Hilary Waller that reflects on changes in the field...