Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books
Culture and Reflexivity in Systemic Psychotherapy: Mutual Perspectives
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)
Boundaries in Human Relationships: How to be Separate and Connected
Boundaries are what keep us separate from other people. But they also connect us to them. Being able to manage the boundaries in our relationships enables us to stay fulfilled, happy and productive,... (more)
Innovations in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
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)
Working with Parents and Infants: A Mind-Body Integration Approach
Working with Parents and Infants is aimed at understanding the process of psychosomatic illness, exploring the embodiment of psychosomatic health and illness, and the inseparability of psyche and... (more)
Working with Parents Makes Therapy Work
Basing their work on the idea that psychoanalytic therapy and technique require more rather than less from the therapist, the Novicks explore the crucial role of parents' work in child and adolescent... (more)
If Only I Had Known... Avoiding Common Mistakes in Couples Therapy
The co-authors draw on over thirty years of experience to show young therapists how and how not to conduct psychotherapy. Each chapter begins with a vignette illustrating a common mistake, then... (more)
An Introduction to Systemic Therapy with Individuals: A Social Constructionist Approach
In recent years, the benefits and applications of systemic therapy with individuals, in addition to its more traditional practice with families, has been increasingly recognized. This important new... (more)
The Space Between: Experience, Context, and Process in the Therapeutic Relationship
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)
Oedipus and the Couple
This title consists of a diverse series of contributions and reflections on couples and the Oedipus complex from leading psychotherapists and psychoanalysts in the couples field. All contributors... (more)
Brief Encounters with Couples
Deriving from a conference organised by the Tavistock Marital Studies Institute, the present volume draws the main focus of its inquiry from a few fundamental questions.
In its various brief... (more)
Falling in Love: Why we choose the lovers we choose (2nd Edition)
This work aims to show that we both consciously and unconsciously select those with whom we have intimate relationships. The mix of psychological research and clinical anecdotes discusses how... (more)
Adult Attachment and Couple Psychotherapy: The Secure Base in Practice and Research
Attachment theory has triggered an explosion of research into family relationships. This volume brings research and practice perspectives to bear on the adult couple relationship, and provides a... (more)
Counselling couples and families: A person-centred approach
In this counselling handbook, the person-centred approach is integrated with the theories and practice of counselling couples and families. The author identifies issues specific to relational... (more)
Burdened children: Theory, research, and treatment of parentification
What are the developmental effects on children who must fulfill the family role of parent ? This book defines 'parentified children' as those who are compelled to perform the role of parent at the... (more)
Teaching Systemic Thinking
Therapists recognise that the practice of systemic family therapy is as much about the way one thinks as it is about what one does, and this book was the first in this field to address specific ways... (more)
Family Therapy: First Steps Towards a Systemic Approach
This book introduces a range of concepts, skills, and applications from a systemic approach to the rapidly expanding field of family therapy. (more)
Countertransference in Couples Therapy
Uses cases to highlight therapists' reactions to couples' problems. The book examines not only classic countertransference issues, but also the ramifications of the therapist's values and... (more)
Countertransference in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
This collection of papers from psychoanalysts across Europe is intended to highlight the similarites and differences between approaches to working with children and adolescents. Part of the EFPP... (more)
The Motherhood Constellation: A Unified View of Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
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)
Couple Work, Work with Couples
Couple Work, Work with Couples provides a new exploration of psychoanalysis with couples. Éric Smadja takes two key approaches, first providing a metapsychological exploration of couple work – at... (more)
The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired
By the New York Times bestselling authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. What's the one thing a parent can do to make the most difference to their child in the long term? The... (more)
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis: Volume 13 Number 2
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis is an international journal sponsored by The Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, which aims to promote the theory and practice of working with couple and... (more)
Children, Technology and Healthy Development: How to help kids be safe and thrive online
How can adults keep children safe and healthy online now and in the future? How can we thrive alongside technology? This highly accessible book unpacks the latest psychological research, attachment... (more)
Family Psychodynamics in Organizational Contexts: The Hidden Forces that Shape the Workplace
This fascinating book shows how an understanding of the psychodynamics of the extended family, from parental relations to sibling rivalries, can provide insight into many of the key issues faced by... (more)
International Family Therapy: A Guide for Multilateral Systemic Practice in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
International Family Therapy brings the international plane and its emphasis on the global community of states to systemic family therapy.
Informed by a coherent, multilateral perspective, each... (more)
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Illegitimacy, Adoption and Reproduction Technology: Strangers as Kin
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)
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis: Volume 10 Number 1 – Special Issue: Musical Connections
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis is an international journal sponsored by The Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, which aims to promote the theory and practice of working with couple and... (more)
Treating Relationship Distress and Psychopathology in Couples: A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach
Close relationships and mental health are two key ingredients to living a meaningful, fulfilled life. These two domains are the central focus of Treating Relationship Distress and Psychopathology in... (more)
Psychoanalytic Work with Families and Couples: Clinical Perspectives on Suffering
Psychoanalytic Work with Families and Couples rethinks the ways in which conflicts present today in psychoanalytic consulting rooms and the nature of suffering in family, couple, and sibling... (more)
Working with Attachment in Couples Therapy: A Four-Step Model for Clinical Practice
Through an exploration of extensive case studies, this book demonstrates how the discovery and examination of original childhood attachment wounds is crucial to couple therapy. As many as half of all... (more)