Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books
Becoming a family: Parents' stories and their implications for practice, policy, and research
This work seeks to enhance understanding of family-life development by shedding light on the meanings that family members ascribe to the developmental process of becoming a family. This is achieved... (more)
Men in families: When do they get involved? What difference does it make?
Focusing on the roles of fathers and husbands in families, this text examines varying research results. Whilst some studies show that fathers have small effects on child development, others suggest... (more)
Handbook of Family Development and Intervention
This handbook systematically explores family development. Recognized experts examine theories of family development; family patterns, processes and dynamics; family stages; and variations in... (more)
Working with parents of SEN children after the Code of Practice:
The aim of this text is to: identify existing good practice and present areas of developing practice; appraise the early impact of the Code in respect of partnership; and provide a forum for the... (more)
Families in context: Emerging trends and family support in early intervention
By examining the context of the family itself, and the role of key family members such as mothers, fathers, siblings and grandparents, this work seeks to share approaches to working with families. It... (more)
Parenting education and support: New opportunities
Offers an in-depth examination of parenting eduction and support in a wide range of contexts. The authors examine practice in a variety of settings and the theory underpinning these practices, where... (more)
Competence, courage and change: An approach to family therapy
If we are not to define people by their deficits, how can we organize our understanding of them? This book argues that a concept of competence provides the needed framework. 176 pages. (more)
Kinship foster care: Policy, practice, and research
Assembling the thinking and research of experts from several fields, this book examines what has become the fastest growing type of substitute care for children by the state. The editors have... (more)
The Holocaust in three generations: Families, victims and perpetrators of the Nazi regime
Presents families of survivors from Germany and Israel whose experiences of persecution and family histories after the liberation differ greatly, comparing them with studies of non-Jewish German... (more)
Parenting and child development in non-traditional families:
This volume seeks to discuss the ways in which various "deviations" from "traditional" family styles affect childrearing practices and child development, covering such topics as dual-career families,... (more)
Minding the close relationship: A theory of relationship enhancement
This volume examines the theory of how romantic partners can maintain and enhance their close relationships over an extended period. It blends relationship scholarship on closeness with practical... (more)
Family system test: Manual
The Family System Test (FAST) is a versatile clinical and research tool which can be used in individual and family settings with respondents as young as six years. This is the manual to the test,... (more)
Motherhood and mental health
This volume aims to display the great variety of disorders which can occur during pregnancy and the post-partum period, which make child-bearing the most complex psychological event in human... (more)
Creative Therapy 2: Working with Parents
A very practical book which outlines ways of gaining rapport, working with parents and creating useful resource materials. Example activities, worksheets and information sheets are provided, covering... (more)
The Family and HIV Today
AIDS has profound implications for social and family relationships, in addition to being a major health issue. This is a completely revised, updated edition of a text which addresses the issue of how... (more)
Brothers and Sisters: Developmental, Dynamic, and Technical Aspects of the Sibling Relationship
Sibling relationships and rivalry are as old as recorded history. This analysis explores that ambivalence between siblings, which casts its shadow throughout people's lifetimes and affects their... (more)
The transformation of intimacy: Love, sexuality and eroticism in modern societies
Giddens disputes many of the dominant interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture, arguing that the transformation of intimacy, in which women have played the major part, heralds... (more)
The family crucible: The intense experience of family therapy
For all families considering therapy, this guide provides a broad understanding of the family therapy experience. 314 pages. (more)
Case studies from The Family Therapy Networker:
A clinical-reference and training text which presents a selection from more than two decades of case reports in the award-winning US mental-health periodical, "The Family Therapy Networker". 320... (more)
Imago relationship therapy: An introduction to theory and practice
A primer describing the general practice of Imago relationship therapy (IRT) with couples. 198 pages. (more)
Lesbians and gays in couples and families: A handbook for therapists
This work provides a guide to the theory, research and clinical treatment of lesbian and gay couples and families. Coverage includes: transgenerational homophobia; custodial lesbian mothers and... (more)
Infertility and involuntary childlessness: Helping couples care
Infertility affects one in six couples and is at once a medical, psychological and social problem. This book shows therapists how to help individuals and couples cope with this crisis. 178 pages. (more)
Casebook in family therapy
This unique work presents actual case transcripts, based on twelve different theories of family therapy. Each contributor describes his or her theoretical orientation and then presents transcripts... (more)
Growing up again - Parenting ourselves, parenting our children
Second edition. 310 pages. (more)