Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books

Working Systemically with Families: Formulation, Intervention and Evaluation

by Arlene Vetere, Rudi Dallos

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)

Self in Relationships: Perspectives on Family Therapy from Developmental Psychology

Edited by Astri Johnsen, Vigdis Wie Torsteinsson

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Inspired by Daniel Stern's work on self-development, the authors suggest that by combining systemic therapy with a psychoanalytical aspect, family therapy can reach new depths. They argue that this... (more)

Family Therapy Techniques: Integrating and Tailoring Treatment

Edited by Jon Carlson, Judith A. Lewis

Family Therapy Techniques briefly reviews the basic theories of marriage and family therapy. It then goes into treatment models designed to facilitate the tailoring of therapy to specific populations... (more)

Building Intimate Relationships: Bridging Treatment, Education, and Enrichment Through the PAIRS Program

by Rita DeMaria, Mo Therese Hannah

The PAIRS course acts as a kind of bridge between marriage education and therapy, working both with couples in healthy relationships hoping to improve intimacy and with distressed couples trying to... (more)

Creating Happy Relationships: A Guide to Partner Skills

by Richard Nelson-Jones

"Dr. Nelson-Jones tracks through the various components of the love-making cycle and provides useful simple constructive activities that couples can use to enhance their sexual as well as their... (more)

Creating New Families: Therapeutic Approaches to Fostering, Adoption and Kinship Care

Edited by Jenny Kenrick, Lorraine Tollemache

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)

For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered

by E. Mavis Hetherington, John Kelly

Exploring divorce as a process, this study identifies marriages that predispose a couple to divorce and pinpoints "windows of change" which fashion divorce into an opportunity. The study concludes... (more)

Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse

by K. Yllo, M. Bograd

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The Public Nature of Private Violence

Edited by Pahl

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Violent emotions: Shame and rage in marital quarrels

by Suzanne M. Retzinger

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Family sexual abuse: Frontline research and evaluation

Edited by Michael Quinn Patton

This valuable book reviews and discusses the latest research on family sexual abuse. With contributions by both practitioners and researchers, it covers such issues as sibling incest; the background... (more)

Myth of Atlas: Families and the therapeutic Story

Edited by Andolfi

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Partner violence: A comprehensive review of 20 years of research

Edited by Jana L. Jasinski, Linda M. Williams

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Rescripting Family Experiences: The Therapeutic Influence of John Byng-Hall

by John Hills

John Byng-Hall is a distinguished, pioneering British family therapist, whose publications and presentations have established him internationally. This text is a tribute from six psychotherapists... (more)

Couples on the Fault Line: New Directions for the Therapist

by Peggy Papp

This cutting-edge book brings together prominent marital and family therapists to explore the new challenges and opportunities for growth facing diverse couples and the clinicians who work with them.... (more)

The Marital-Relationship Therapy Casebook: Theory and Application of the Intersystem Model

by Gerald R. Weeks, Larry Hof

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Healing the child within: Discovery and recovery for adult children of dysfunctional families

by Charles L. Whitfield

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Erectile Dysfunction: Integrating Couple Therapy, Sex Therapy, and Medical Treatment

by Gerald R. Weeks, Nancy Gambescia

Viagra and other new treatments may raise hopes for a revitalised sex life, but they may uncover other sexual dysfunctions. This book presents a systematic method for evaluating erectile dysfunction,... (more)

Family Play Therapy

Edited by Charles E. Schaefer, Lois Carey

The principles of play therapy and family therapy are being combined into a approach, termed "Family Play Therapy". The use of play activities facilitates the communication and involvement of the... (more)

Family-Oriented Primary Care: A Manual for Medical Providers: Second Edition

Edited by Susan H. McDaniel, Jeri Hepworth

The first edition of Family-Oriented Primary Care helped bring the family approach to health care into the medical mainstream. This new edition, like the first, will provide the health care... (more)

Family-of-origin therapy: An intergenerational approach

by James L. Framo

Considers the "family-of-origin" approach to the psychiatric counselling of adults in marital, family and individual therapy. The text discusses theoretical and clinical implications and provides... (more)

Exploring the Unsaid: Creativity, Risks and Dilemmas in Working Cross-Culturally

Edited by Barry Mason, Alice Sawyerr

The editors and contributing authors of this volume have taken a truly pioneering and courageously challenging look at the state of cross-cultural theory and practice. In confronting directly and... (more)

Perspectives on Supervision

Edited by David Campbell, Barry Mason

This reader-friendly and stimulating volume, indispensable to anyone interested in supervision from a systemic perspective, emerged from a conference organised jointly by the Institute of Family... (more)

Black, white or mixed race?: Race and racism in the lives of young people of mixed parentage

by Barbara Tizard, Ann Phoenix

The number of people in racially mixed relationships is steadily growing. Barbara Tizard and Ann Phoenix explore the question of mixed-race identity through interviews with young people. (more)

Sex and Your Teenager: A Parent's Guide

by John Coleman

Any discussion about sex between parents and their teenage kids can be extremely tricky and embarrassing for both parties. This book offers parents tips on how to broach the subject and gives advice... (more)

The Father's Book: Being a Good Dad in the 21st Century

by David Cohen

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Multiple Family Therapy: The Marlborough Model and Its Wider Applications

Edited by Eia Asen, Brenda McHugh

If a troubled family contains the resources to solve its own problems, then why not bring such families together, to share their experiences and support each other?

This is the approach of the... (more)

Culture and System in Family Therapy

by Inga-Britt Krause

Starting with the MacPherson Report and its pronouncements on racism in Britain and in particular 'institutionalised racism', Dr Krause focuses in this important book on the practice of family... (more)

Techniques of Family Therapy

by David S. Freeman

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Love and intimate relationships: Journeys of the heart

by Norman Brown, Ellen Amatea

Drawing on recent research ranging from social psychology to biology and anthropology, combined with experiences of therapists and other observers of human behaviour, this volume attempts to explain... (more)