Couples & Family

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...

As the baby boomers move into retirement and later stages of life, gerontology and geriatrics have begun to receive much more attention. Changing Aging, Changing Family Therapy explores the ways in which family therapists' expertise in systems theory...

With the aim of renewing motivation, energy, and creativity in a therapists clinical work, this book explores how common factors may be utilized to increase effectiveness in couple and family therapy. Practicing a specific approach or model for couple...

Considers the family-of-origin approach to the psychiatric counselling of adults in marital, family and individual therapy. The text discusses theoretical and clinical implications and provides three case studies to illustrate the application of this...

Positive Couple Therapy: Using We-Stories to Enhance Resilience is a significant step forward in the couple literature. Utilizing a strengths-based approach, it teaches therapists and couples a unique method for uncovering positive potential within a...

Jay Haley Revisited brings together influential professionals in psychotherapy and counseling to introduce, analyze, and put into context 20 of the most interesting and significant papers Jay Haley produced, both published and unpublished. Jay Haley was...

Family Therapy with Muslims is the first guide for mental health professionals who work with Muslims in the family therapy setting. The book opens with a section defining the similarities across Muslim cultures, the effects of postcolonialism on Muslims,...

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138869493Author Patrick J. KilcarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 295g

Winner of the 2011 AASECT Book Award! Co-authors of Men's Sexual Health, Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy have come together to inspire and motivate readers in their newest book, Enduring Desire. Real-life examples and clear, helpful individual and...

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138004351Author N. S. JacobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 590g

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780876305874Author Robert C. BurnsFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Brunner-Mazel IncPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 612g

Self Within Marriage combines the theoretical orientations of object-relations theory, self psychology, and systems theory as a way of understanding and working with couples and individuals whose relationship and emotional difficulties have centered on...

First published in 1989. This book contains a straightforward, unembellished articulation of the how to of family and divorce mediation, enabling the reader to bring it to successful conclusion; emphasis on process and technique is amply illustrated by...

Police families are brave, resilient, and proud--and they face remarkable challenges, sometimes on a daily basis. Now thoroughly updated for today's turbulent times, this is the resource that cops and their loved ones have relied on for decades. Trusted...

Presenting couple-based interventions uniquely tailored to the mental health needs of military and veteran couples and families, this book is current, practical, and authoritative. Chapters describe evidence-based interventions for specific...

Published in the year 1986, Handbook of Structured Techniques in Marriage and Family Therapy is a valuable contribution to the field of Family Therapy.About the AuthorSherman, Robert; Fredman, NormanBook InformationISBN 9780876304242Author Robert...

Recognizing that clients are unique and resourceful creators of their own realities, this hands-on guide promotes skills that help clinicians meet the demands of the current health care environment. Contributors representing a range of specialties...

If you're among the millions of grandparents raising grandchildren today, you need information, support, and practical guidance you can count on to keep your family strong. This is the book for you. Learn effective strategies to help you cope with the...

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...

Ethics and Professional Issues in Couple and Family Therapy, Second Edition builds upon the strong foundations of the first edition. This new edition addresses the 2015 AAMFT Code of Ethics as well as other professional organizations' codes of ethics,...

Close relationships and mental health are two key ingredients to living a meaningful, fulfilled life. These two domains are the central focus of Treating Relationship Distress and Psychopathology in Couples: A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach. As expert...

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780876307120Author Joan C. BarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Brunner-Mazel IncPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 318g

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...

Religion can play a vital role in the way people relate to each other, particularly with interpersonal dynamics within a family. The role of a couple or family's religion(s) in the counseling room is no less important. This book provides practitioners...

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...

Families and Forgiveness, Second Edition gives the therapist a working knowledge of the importance of love and trustworthiness, skills to adequately assess hurt and pain in a family, and different techniques and conceptualizations to help family members...

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138004450Author Ivan Boszormenyi-NagyFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 748g

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780876307410Author Susan M. JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Brunner-Mazel IncPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

While iconic popular images celebrated family life during the 1950s and 1960s, American families were simultaneously regarded as potentially menacing sources of social disruption. The history of family therapy makes the complicated power of the family at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781864489453Author Louise MulroneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Allen & UnwinPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 453g

This book analyses how practitioners can use psychotherapy as a healing mechanism, focusing on the intersection of gender, power, and social justice within the global context. It begins by interrogating the concept of social justice itself before...

This book explores the concept of provocation in therapy, emphasizing the fact that to be therapeutic, provocation must always be accompanied by a joining attitude. It took a developmental path that frames the individual in a trigenerational dimension...

This volume offers guidelines for managing the therapist-patient relationship during crisis intervention and longer-term therapy with patients who exhibit borderline symptoms. Since to do no harm is the primary goal of any therapist who encounters such a...

This two-volume set of the Therapist's Notebook: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy offers a nearly 20% discount over the total retail price of the invdividual products. It includes both compilations of original ideas and...

Common Dilemmas in Couple Therapy addresses four common problems that couples therapists face everyday in their offices - problems that leave therapists exhausted, drained, challenged, alive, racing, and on edge. These dilemmas encompass not only the...

Coping with Infertility is an essential source of emotional support for any couple struggling with involuntary childlessness. The book offers proven techniques and real-life examples from both men and women, in order to outline common emotional reactions...

Charles E. Schaefer and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo's classic guide offers parents, teachers, counselors, and others the help they need to find the words to talk to kids and answer their questions. The book is filled with practical advice on discussing a wide...

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780876305584Author Donald H. BaucomFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Brunner-Mazel IncPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780876304662Author Robert ShermanFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Brunner-Mazel IncPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 522g

A FriAndlier and Less Expensive Divorce Clients arriving in your office are usually confused about whatmediation means, their legal rights, and how it's all going to besorted out. You spAnd a good deal of your time just trying toeducate them enough to...