Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books
The Performance of Practice: Enhancing the Repertoire of Therapy with Children and Families
'This book is about how to maintain an aliveness to the possibilities in therapy and practice and how to challenge ideas of orthodoxy in theory and methodologies that can become stale or followed... (more)
The Uninvited Guest: Emerging from Narcissism towards Marriage
A fascinating and imaginative book combining psychoanalytic theory and literature - in particular classic plays about marriage and married couples - to help couples therapists as they piece together... (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)
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)
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal - Volume 9 Number 1
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal is an international journal sponsored by The Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, and aims to promote the theory and practice of working with couple and... (more)
The Creative Therapist in Practice
In The Creative Therapist in Practice Hillary and Bradford Keeney present a radically innovative approach to the practice of therapy. Combining improvisational performing arts, action-oriented... (more)
In Therapy Together: Family Therapy as a Dialogue
Families come in all shapes and sizes, and all have love at their roots; however, by the time a family requests help from a psychotherapist, resentment, fear and disappointment have often become the... (more)
Screen-Smart Parenting: How to Find Balance and Benefit in Your Child's Use of Social Media, Apps, and Digital Devices
Even for today's most tech-savvy parents, managing kids' technology use is a huge challenge fraught with uncertainties. What kinds (and amounts) of screen time boost learning and development--and... (more)
Families in Transformation: A Psychoanalytic Approach
Families in Transformation is a collection of essays by eminent scholars on the psychoanalysis of couples and families and provides a wide ranging and articulated picture of the current situation in... (more)
Positions and Polarities in Contemporary Systemic Practice: The Legacy of David Campbell
This book provides a rich collection of the work that has been informed by the ideas of the eminent family therapist and clinical psychologist, Dr David Campbell who died in August 2009. Contributors... (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)
Being with Older People: A Systemic Approach
The authors of this volume take as their starting point "striking moments" in their practice with older people, their families and other practitioners. They integrate these with current systemic... (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)
Working Systemically with Families: Formulation, Intervention and Evaluation
Systemic theory offers a valuable framework for integrating the diverse ideas found throughout the mental health arena in both theory and clinical practice. With this accessible book, the authors... (more)
Creating New Families: Therapeutic Approaches to Fostering, Adoption and Kinship Care
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)
The Importance of Fathers: A Psychoanalytic Re-Evaluation
It is widely acknowledged that children need structure, security, stability and attachment to develop and flourish. However, many changes have occurred in society which have changed the traditional... (more)
Child-Focused Practice: A Collaborative Systemic Approach
The author, with over twenty years of experience of working with children, writes refreshingly about the practical aspects of his work. He takes traditional and contemporary theories and explains... (more)
Multiple Voices: Narrative in Systemic Family Psychotherapy
Part of the Tavistock Clinic Series, this book focuses on narrative and stories in Family Systems Therapy - particularly on how stories develop within the domain of a therapist's own theoretical,... (more)
Intrusiveness and Intimacy in the Couple
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)
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)
How to Talk to a Narcissist: Second Edition
Bringing to light new developments in the treatment of marital conflict, this second edition of How to Talk to a Narcissist addresses the ever-changing faces and phases of narcissism within the... (more)
Rekindling Desire: Third Edition
For over a decade, Rekindling Desire has helped to restore and affirm pleasure-oriented sexuality for thousands of people. Drawing on respected therapist Barry McCarthy's extensive knowledge and... (more)
The Attachment-Based Focused Genogram Workbook: Expanding the Realms of Attachment Theory
The Attachment-Based Focused Genogram Workbook is a hands-on guide for clinicians looking to integrate attachment research and family systems theory into their practice, with particular attention to... (more)
Supporting Birth Parents Whose Children Have Been Adopted
Provides professionals who work with birth parents insights into working with this sometimes neglected part of the adoption process. It shows how best to support them, and how to balance support for... (more)
Systems Theories for Psychotherapists: From Theory to Practice
Systems Theories for Psychotherapists explores three key theories that underpin many of the models of psychotherapy: general systems theory, natural systems theory, and language systems theory. The... (more)
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal - Volume 8 Number 1
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal is an international journal sponsored by The Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, and aims to promote the theory and practice of working with couple and... (more)
Psychoanalytic and Psychotherapeutic Perspectives on Step-families and Step-parenting
Psychoanalytic and Psychotherapeutic Perspectives on Step-families and Step-parenting looks at the role step-parents can play in the psychic development of children. Step-parenting requires enormous... (more)
Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family
Mental health professionals consider the impact of death on entire family systems, the multiple generational legacies of loss, and the differential impact of a death depending on the developmental... (more)
Families and How to Survive Them
A life changing book that has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide. Family therapist Dr Robin Skynner and his former patient John Cleese guide us through the daily issues that confront us all in a... (more)
Couples on the Couch: Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy and the Tavistock Model
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)