Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books at Karnac Books

High-Conflict Parenting Post-Separation: The Making and Breaking of Family Ties

High-Conflict Parenting Post-Separation: The Making and Breaking of Family Ties describes an innovative approach for families where children are caught up in their parents' acrimonious relationship -... (more)

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Illegitimacy, Adoption and Reproduction Technology: Strangers as Kin

by Prophecy Coles

In this book, Prophecy Coles traces the existential history of the unwanted child with particular attention to the illegitimate child, linking myth, literature and clinical practice in the historical... (more)

Make Room for Baby: Perinatal Child-Parent Psychotherapy to Repair Trauma and Promote Attachment

by Alicia F. Lieberman, Manuela A. Diaz

This state-of-the-art clinician's guide describes Perinatal Child-Parent Psychotherapy (P-CPP), a treatment for pregnant women and their partners whose readiness to nurture a baby is compromised by... (more)

What Therapists Say and Why They Say It: Effective Therapeutic Responses and Techniques

by Bill McHenry, Jim McHenry

What Therapists Say and Why They Say It, Third Edition, is one of the most practical and flexible textbooks available to counseling students. The new edition includes more than one hundred techniques... (more)

A Couple State of Mind: The Tavistock Relationships Model for the Psychoanalysis of Couples

by Mary Morgan

This long-awaited book, aimed at an international audience of practitioners, students and teachers of psychoanalytic couple therapy, describes the Tavistock Relationships model of couple... (more)

Addictive States of Mind

Edited by Marion Bower, Robert Hale

'Perversion is taken to mean different things within psychoanalytic discourse. In this book the authors view perversions, not in terms of specific behaviours, but as a type of blueprint for object... (more)

Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts: Breaking the Cycle of Unwanted Thoughts in Parenthood

by Karen Kleiman, Amy Wenzel

This accessible guide addresses the nature of the intrusive and unwanted thoughts that can be common in new parenthood, and offers practical answers and advice on how to tackle these.

With fresh... (more)

Couples on the Couch: Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy and the Tavistock Model

Edited by Shelley Nathans

Couples on the Couch provides a clear guide to applying the Tavistock model of couple psychotherapy in clinical psychoanalytic practice, offering a compelling sampling of ideas about couple... (more)

Innovations in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

Edited by Maria Pozzi Monzo, Beverley Tydeman

Innovations in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy has emerged from the authors' and contributors' excitement about the proliferation of parent-infant psychotherapy work around the world. This model of... (more)

The Motherhood Constellation: A Unified View of Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

by Daniel N. Stern

The author addresses the field of infant mental health. He draws on his experience - in both the lab and the clinic - to present an integrated model of treatment for both infants and their... (more)

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Puberty and Adolescence: The Inner Worlds of Teenagers and their Parents

by Gertraud Diem-Wille

Puberty is a time of tumultuous transition from childhood to adulthood activated by rapid physical changes, hormonal development and explosive activity of neurons. This book explores puberty through... (more)

Internal Family Systems Therapy: Second Edition

by Richard C. Schwartz, Martha Sweezy

Now significantly revised with over 70% new material, this is the authoritative presentation of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, which is taught and practiced around the world. IFS reveals how... (more)

Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals Couples and Families

by Susan M. Johnson

Drawing on cutting-edge research on adult attachment--and providing an innovative roadmap for clinical practice--Susan M. Johnson argues that psychotherapy is most effective when it focuses on the... (more)

Engaging Couples: New Directions in Therapeutic in Work with Families

Edited by Andrew Balfour, Christopher Clulow

This book is a challenge to the silos in our human services that an 'atomized' focus gives rise to. They are evident in the chasm that can exist between child and adult mental health care, between... (more)

Culture and Reflexivity in Systemic Psychotherapy: Mutual Perspectives

Edited by Inga-Britt Krause

The therapeutic relationship is increasingly becoming a central topic in systemic psychotherapy and cross-cultural thinking. Here, experienced systemic psychotherapists offer their reflections and... (more)

The Space Between: Experience, Context, and Process in the Therapeutic Relationship

Edited by Carmel Flaskas, Amaryll Perlesz

The papers in this book focus on many different aspects of the therapeutic relationship, including the self of the therapist, working cross-culturally and with language difference, impasse, risk... (more)

Intrusiveness and Intimacy in the Couple

Edited by Stanley Ruszczynski, James Fisher

A collection of papers, largely based on clinical work, which covers a range of concepts and mechanisms which are central to any psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children, adolescents, or adults. It... (more)

Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy: Foundations of Theory and Practice

Edited by David E. Scharff, Jill Savege Scharff

In this time of vulnerable marriages and partnerships, many couples seek help for their relationships. Psychoanalytic couple therapy is a growing application of psychoanalysis for which training is... (more)

Systemic Therapy and Attachment Narratives: Applications in a Range of Clinical Settings

by Rudi Dallos, Arlene Vetere

Professional interest in the clinical applications of attachment theory continues to grow and evolve, and at the same time narrative approaches are also gaining ground. This book explores how... (more)

Mirrors and Reflections: Processes of Systemic Supervision

Edited by Charlotte Burck, Gwyn Daniel

In this volume, as the title indicates, the focus is on understanding and elaborating what might be said to be "going on" in supervision as well as further exploring what is distinctive about... (more)

Creating New Families: Therapeutic Approaches to Fostering, Adoption and Kinship Care

Edited by Jenny Kenrick, Lorraine Tollemache

Creating New Families is intended to reflect the practice of the specialist, multi-disciplinary Fostering and Adoption team in the Child and Family Department of the Tavistock Clinic. The team is... (more)

Work with Parents: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

Edited by John Tsiantis, Siv Boalt Boethious

Drawing on the rich range and depth of the clinical experience of the contributors, this welcome volume will be a valuable tool for clinicians and trainees. The authors share a powerful commitment to... (more)

Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal: Volume 11 Number 1 – Special Issue: Separation and Divorce

Edited by Kate Thompson

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

ARTICLES

– Notes on working with divorcing and separating couples by Avi Shmueli

– Micro-separations: how to traumatise your spouse on a daily basis by Brett... (more)

Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal - Volume 9 Number 2

Edited by Molly Ludlam