Studies in the Assessment of Parenting brings together experts who consider difficult questions that can arise during family proceedings, and respond with practical approaches for dealing with these... (more)
Providing a comprehensive understanding of adoption issues and based on research with a large number of adoptive parents, children and birth relatives, "After Adoption" considers the impact of direct... (more)
Adoptive, foster and stepmothers, like biological mothers, find their lives completely changed by motherhood although they are not always granted the rights and privileges accorded to those who give... (more)
In this work, Salman Akhtar looks at how many fathers unconsciously, and sometimes quite consciously, attempt to revise their own traumatized childhood by providing their children with possibilities... (more)
Family rituals are the events, big and small, that give family life texture and meaning. Daily rituals, holiday traditions, and rites of passage mark our time, create unforgettable memories, and... (more)
Brief therapies have become popular - indeed a necessity - in today's managed care environment. Perhaps because it is one of the more complex psychoanalytical models, object relations theory for... (more)
Addresses the issue of the increased reliance on pharmaceuticals as a "quick fix" for treating mental illness. Psychiatric medications have achieved dominance because of political and marketing... (more)
This handbook is aimed at clinicians wanting to cousel couples in hospital, community or domestic settings. Its focus is on helping the reader to form an alliance with the couple to maintain or... (more)
Vividly recalling the stigma of her schoolgirl pregnancy and the pain of adoption, the story follows Emma's search for and reunion with Oliver and the consequences this has for her family life. This... (more)
Coming Home Again is a compelling case study of a single family that underwent family-of-origin therapy, presented by one of the earliest and best-known pioneers in the field. This book is unique in... (more)
Parent-adolescent discord is often handled from a unitary perspective, whether the focus is on enhancing parenting skills, resolving conflicts in family relationships, or working to improve the... (more)
Exploring the complex issues of trauma, attachment and family placement, the contributors to this book provide a variety of complementary perspectives on practice in this area. Focussing on how to... (more)
This is a comprehensive anthology on the psychological treatment of Holocaust survivors and their families. It covers the full range of current theoretical and therapeutic approaches. It is a major... (more)
Attachment and Family Systems is a cogent and compelling text addressing the undeniable overlap between two systems of thought that deal with the nature of interpersonal relationships and how these... (more)
The fundamental concern of psychotherapy is change. While practitioners are constantly greeted with new strategies, techniques, programs, and interventions, this book argues that the full benefits of... (more)
Family relationships change dramatically when one or more members stops drinking. Far from offering a "quick fix" to family problems, in fact, the first years of sobriety are often marked by... (more)
A practice-orientated text bringing together representatives of the major family therapy approaches to demonstrate their short-term work with couples. Case excerpts and clinical examples allow... (more)
An analysis of a single night in the life of one couple. (more)
Examines postmodernism and its expessions in family therapy, raising questions about reality and realness, the subjective process of truth, and the experience of self. (more)
Over 50% of couples presenting for treatment will complain of insufficient sexual desire in one or both partners. Thus, all clinicians are very likely to encounter HSD in both individual and couple... (more)
Here, in one brief volume, are the answers to many questions on couple therapy. This will be a lifesaver for faily therapy students and beginning therapists. In a straightforward manner, the authors... (more)
This practical book presents cutting-edge approaches to couple and family therapy that use attachment theory as the basis for new clinical understandings. Fresh and provocative insights are provided... (more)
Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of dealing with unresolved attachment issues or early traumatic experiences. "New Families, Old Scripts" is an... (more)
Mothers Who Kill Their Children draws on extensive research to identify clear patterns among the cases of women who kill their children, shedding light on why some women commit these acts. (more)