Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books
The hidden victims of Alzheimer's disease: Families under stress
Offers advice on care, explains how to handle inappropriate public behavior, and discusses treatments, support groups, and individual counseling. (more)
Sex, love and violence: Strategies for transformation
This work proposes a model for choosing the right intervention to solve the problems which are brought to therapy. The emphasis is on how to understand and control the many forms of violence... (more)
The psychology of adoption:
This volume brings together a group of leading researchers from various disciplines to explore the complex, interdisciplinary subject of adoption. It takes an integrated approach, examining... (more)
Developmental psychopathology and family process: Theory, research, and clinical implications
Reviewing current research in such areas as attachment and parenting styles, marital functioning, and parental depression, the volume examines how these variables may influence developmental... (more)
Families of schizophrenic patients: Cognitive behavioural intervention
Written for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, and social workers, this study presents techniques for providing care for the entire family of schizophrenic patients.... (more)
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)