Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books
Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue
An acclaimed, influential work now available in paper for the first time, this bestselling book applies the concepts of systemic family therapy to the emotional life of congregations. Edwin H.... (more)
Engaging Men in Couples Therapy
The premise of this book is that a crucial and overlooked reason for treatment failures in couples counseling may be the therapist's inability to respond to the needs and psychological issues... (more)
A Relational Psychoanalytic Approach to Couples Therapy
Ringstrom's relational approach to couples therapy is based on three themes: actualization of self-experience in the context of a committed, long-term intimate relationship; mutual recognition of... (more)
Working with Parents Makes Therapy Work
Working With Parents Makes Therapy Work demonstrates the crucial role of parent work in child and adolescent therapy. The Novicks suggest that restoring the parent-child relationship contributes to... (more)
The Sibling Relationship: A Force for Growth and Conflict
This book focuses on the role that siblings play in each other's development, on the ways in which they may enrich or cast a shadow over each other's lives, and on how their internalized influence... (more)
We're No Fun Any More: Helping Couples Cultivate Joyful Marriages Through the Power of Play
If you are married and also work and/or have kids, it's common to lose the playful, sexy side of a relationship. Common - but not necessary. We're No Fun Any More shows couples how to regain the joy... (more)
Interdependent Minds: The Dynamics of Close Relationships
Why do some marriages grow stronger in the face of conflict or stress while others dissolve? In this book, two pioneering researchers present a groundbreaking theory of how mutually responsive... (more)
Essential Assessment Skills for Couple and Family Therapists
Showing how to weave assessment into all phases of therapy, this indispensable text and practitioner guide is reader friendly, straightforward, and practical. Specific strategies are provided for... (more)
The Emotionally Focused Casebook: New Directions in Treating Couples
There is currently no single resource that compiles the various applications to the many clinical populations being served by EFT today. The Emotionally Focused Casebook fills that void as a... (more)
Case Studies in Couples Therapy: Theory-Based Approaches
This up-to-date, highly readable, theory-based, and application oriented book fills a crucial void in literature on couple therapy. Few books in the couple therapy market bridge the gap between... (more)
The Couples Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner: Second Edition
Now in a second edition, planner helps mental health practitioners reduce the amount of time spent on paperwork so more time can be spent with clients. The new edition covers an eclectic array of... (more)
Creating Change for Complex Children and Their Families: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Multi-Family Work
The strain of caring for children struggling with severe and complex mental health needs affects the entire family. The staff at the innovative Croft Child and Family Unit have developed a unique... (more)
Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques: second Edition
Many helping professionals have had little to no formal training working with families. This book is a clinical guide for any type of family work, from one-time contact with families in a medical... (more)
The Parents' Guide to Psychological First Aid: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Predictable Life Crises
Does your young daughter talk endlessly about invisible friends, dragons in the basement, and monsters in the closet? Is your teenager about to start high school or being victimized by bullies? Is... (more)
Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change
BPD is a potentially devastating mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, negative self-image, and dangerous impulsivity. Many people with BPD excel in academics and careers while revealing... (more)
Childhood Depression: A Place for Psychotherapy
This title is based on the results of a project based at the Tavistock Clinic in London which set out to explore whether children and young people aged nine years to fifteen years suffering from... (more)
How to Talk with Families About Genetics and Psychiatric Illness
As we learn more about how our biology and genes can play into the development of a mental health disorder, patients and their families are increasingly seeking answers to tough questions about... (more)
Narrative Practice: Continuing the Conversations
Final thoughts from the now-deceased leader of narrative therapy.
Michael White's untimely death deprived therapists of a leading light. Here, available for the first time in book form, is a... (more)
The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples
An eminent therapist explains what makes couples compatible and how to sustain a happy marriage.
For the past thirty-five years, John Gottman's research has been internationally recognized for its... (more)
Systems Theory in Action: Applications to Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy
Written in everyday language, this comprehensive book presents the core principles of systems theory through the lens of individual, couple, and family therapy. Demonstrating how a systemic framework... (more)
Restoration Therapy: Understanding and Guiding Healing in Marriage and Family Therapy
Restoration Therapy introduces the reader to the essential elements of its namesake and from there guide clinicians to a systemic understanding of how certain forces lead to destructive cycles in... (more)
Handbook of Clinical Issues in Couple Therapy
A comprehensive overview of emerging issues that impact couple therapy, all in a single volume. While other guides concentrate more on the approaches themselves, this invaluable source provides the... (more)
Working with Fathers: From Knowledge to Therapeutic Practice
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive guide to working with fathers therapeutically. It looks at the issues that therapy raises for men and how this work can affect the wider family. It... (more)
Working with Immigrant Families: A Practical Guide for Counselors
Working with Immigrant Families examines the theoretical and practice-based issues that must be considered by counseling professionals when performing family therapy with immigrant clients. It... (more)
The Needs ABC Therapeutic Model for Couples and Families: A Guide for Practitioners
This book shows readers how to successfully tailor a therapeutic approach to meet the needs of couples and families. Beginning clinicians will come away from this book with concrete, practical skills... (more)
Families Under Fire: Systemic Therapy with Military Families
This book provides guidelines for systems-based practice for a broad spectrum of civilian mental health practitioners who provide professional services to military personnel, their spouses, and their... (more)
Enduring Desire: Your Guide to Lifelong Intimacy
In Enduring Desire, authors Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy inspire and motivate readers with real-life examples and clear, helpful individual and couple exercises to reach for realistic and high... (more)
The Counselor's Guide for Facilitating the Interpretation of Dreams: Family and Other Relationship Systems Perspectives
This book will serve as a guide for practicing counselors and therapists to facilitate work with their clients interpreting their dreams in order to reduce and alleviate stress, with a focus on... (more)