With 42% of marriages ending in divorce and many cohabiting couples separating, family therapy has become a key aspect of counselling and psychotherapy. Beginning with descriptions of contemporary pre-separation family conflict patterns, this book progresses to examine the challenges faced by families and their assisting professionals as they transition through residential separation, parental struggle, mediation assistance, family court applications, and other patterns of unending high conflict. Focusing on practitioner needs, the skills required, and a range of helpful interventions that can be used to address specific contexts, each chapter has a four-part structure that includes: - The description of a topic-related theme, its related concepts and evidence base. - The making concrete of the theme through case vignettes of family conflict and their discussion. - The naming of the challenges faced by professionals, the skill set required, and helpful interventions they might use in their responses. - Concluding exercises designed to assist students and professionals towards an increasingly reflective practice. Written by a leading expert in Family and Conflict Therapy, a growing area of academic and professional interest, Family Conflict after Separation and Divorce is the only book to combine theory, research, and practice into one accessible text that helps promote the personal and professional development of practitioners and students alike.

Th book combines theory, research, and practice to help promote the personal and professional development of practitioners.

About the Author
Jim Sheehan is Professor of Family Therapy & Systemic Practice at Diakonhjemmet University College, Oslo, Norway, and School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Irelan

Reviews
Jim Sheehan tackles head-on the pain and dangers of family conflict after separation and divorce, offering a multi-layered examination of this complex territory. He places relational processes and contexts at the centre of understandings that generate a road map of respectful, containing and creative professional responses. * Carmel Flaskas, Adjunct Associate Professor in Social Work at the University of New South Wales, Sydney *
This book explores the complexity and diversity of high conflict separations, providing invaluable insights for mental health, social service and justice system professionals and students. Sheehan emphasizes the importance of understanding parents and children in the context of their broader families and societies undergoing complex changes. * Nicholas Bala, Professor of Law, Queen's University, Canada *



Book Information
ISBN 9781137606570
Author Jim Sheehan
Format Paperback
Page Count 255
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 350g