Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books
Using Hypnosis in Family Therapy
A careful integration of essential hypnotic techniques and family therapy, this innovative perspective can be incorporated into the working paradigm of virtually all practitioners. Clearly, the... (more)
Don D. Jackson: Selected Essays at the Dawn of an Era
These rare chapters offer a detailed portrait of Jackson and his work, with insightful introductions to frame the three sections into which the papers are divided: Early Clinical Observations,... (more)
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Adoption
This edited collection looks at diverse examples of child-rearing and adoption practices from across the globe, revealing some of the assumptions that lie beneath western childcare policy. Adoption... (more)
Advanced Family Work for Schizophrenia: An Evidence-based Approach
This book is a companion volume to the popular Family Work for Schizophrenia and gives more detailed explanations of how to work with difficult cases. It describes nineteen families with more complex... (more)
Making Relationships Work - How to Love Others and Yourself:
To love others, you must love yourself first. Lack of self-worth is often at the root of unsatisfactory relationships. This book aims to help people improve their relationships by improving their... (more)
Family Support as Reflective Practice
Family support is an increasingly important strategic approach to welfare services for children and families. This resource for all professionals engaged covers core issues in family support. These... (more)
The Transition to Adulthood and Family Relations: An Intergenerational Perspective
The authors present a clear and in-depth analysis of the theoretical framework surrounding the transition into adulthood both from a generational point of view and a relationship-centred perspective.... (more)
Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist: The Workbook
The "Workbook" which will accompany the revised second edition of "The Practice of Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy" (catalogue number 20482), is designed to facilitate the learning and... (more)
Children in Therapy: Using the Family as a Resource
Although most mental health professionals acknowledge the value of involving families in children's therapy, many are not trained to work with families and children together. The difficulty they face... (more)
Treating Parent-Infant Relationship Problems: Strategies for Intervention
Within a developmental framework, this book guides the clinician to understand the different types of problems that parents have with infants and to determine how a given family might best be served.... (more)
Helping the Noncompliant Child: Family-Based Treatment for Oppositional Behavior
This popular treatment manual presents an empirically validated program for teaching parents to manage noncompliance in 3 to 8 year-olds. Practitioners are provided with step-by-step guidelines for... (more)
Dialogical Meetings in Social Networks
This book describes and analyses two dialogic network practices: 'Open Dialogues' - developed for use in psychiatric crisis situations - and 'Anticipation Dialogues' - used in less acute situations... (more)
Intellectual Disabilities: A Systemic Approach
The application of systemic ideas and principles in working with people with intellectual disabilities, their families and their service systems, has grown over the last decade in the UK. This book,... (more)
Frozen Dreams: Psychodynamic Dimensions of Infertility and Assisted Reproduction
Written for a large audience of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, researchers, nurses, physicians, and general readers, Frozen Dreams is a fascinating introduction to the human face of... (more)
In Search of Better Angels: Stories of Disability in the Human Family
In his book, In Search of Better Angels: Stories of Disability in the Human Family, author J David Smith appeals to the "better angels" of our character in a unique style of writing uncommon in... (more)
Domestic Violence: Guidelines for Research-Informed Practice
This title describes developed intervention programmes which have been shown to be effective for reducing the incidence, severity or impact of domestic violence in particular populations. The book... (more)
Family Solutions for Youth at Risk: Applications to Juvenile Delinquency, Truancy, and Behavior Problems
Because it is impossible to understand the circumstances surrounding an individual youth's behaviour without understanding his or her family environment, Family Solutions for Youth at Risk advocates... (more)
Family Art Psychotherapy - A Clinical Guide and Casebook
An integrated guide to the entire range of clinical art therapy. The book aims to cover every age range in a variety of settings, from schools and outpatient clinics to psychiatric hospitals and... (more)
The Integrative Family Therapy Supervisor: A Primer
Designed to replace the "standard" treatise, this text is more reader-friendly, integrative in orientation, practical and pragmatic, and full of exercises for the skills necessary for the AAMFT... (more)
Relationship Counselling: Sons and Their Mothers: A Person-Centred Dialogue
Young men trying to resolve traumatic experiences and relationship issues with their mothers is not an area that has attracted a great deal of attention, and yet it is not uncommon. Peter is 28,... (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)
Intimate Transformations: Babies with their Families
This enriching book describes the value of learning about the development of the human personality through the experience of observing a baby in the context of the family. It is distinctive in the... (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)
Guide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of People with Intellectual Disabilities
A introduction for carers to mental health problems, this guide outlines a range of signs and symptoms of mental health problems that can affect people with intellectual disabilities. The guide... (more)