Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy Books
Guiding the family: Practical counseling techniques
A book aimed at professional family counsellors and therapists, it is also accessible to parents and professionals from other fields who may become involved in some aspects of family counselling,... (more)
Problem solving in families: Research and practice
This comprehensive and accessible guide brings together previously unsynthesized material from various fields, including clinical psychology and family therapy, on family problem solving. It explains... (more)
Lust: What we know about human sexual desire
This accessible, interdisciplinary book reviews theory and research on the characteristics of sexual desire, the individual physical and mental factors of sexual desire, the various factors that... (more)
Marriage, divorce, and children's adjustment
A completely updated second edition of this authoritative, research-based work on children and divorce. Includes new findings from the fields of psychology, sociology, economics and the law. 164... (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)
My mother, my self
Nancy Friday shows that the key to a woman's character lies in her relationship with her mother - that first binding relationship which becomes the model for so much of a woman's adult relationships... (more)
Making and breaking families
This work looks at the many new combinations which constitute a family at the end of the 20th century. Men and women - whom the author interviewed - describe what happened when their marriage broke,... (more)
The New Family?
The transformation of family life in recent years - due to changes in employment patterns, shifting gender relations, and increased openness about sexual orientations - has increased concerns amongst... (more)
Romantic Jealousy
Based on 12 years of research on jealousy in romantic relationships, Dr. Pines offers real-life vignettes and practical advice to help readers assess their own jealousy quotient and to help them... (more)
Serious Mental Illness and the Family: The Practitioner's Guide
The serious mental illness of a close relative can be devastating to a family, who have to cope not only with the emotional impact of such an illness, but - in today's 'care in the community' society... (more)
From Impasse to Intimacy: How Understanding Unconscious Needs Can Transform Relationships
This text identifies the unconscious factors that influence the way people feel and behave in intimate relationships, covering the needs and fears that create and sustain dysfunctional patterns of... (more)
Men Who Batter Women
Considering both feminist approaches to male violence, and those perspectives which treat violent behaviour as psychologically pathological, the author explores how depth psychology can be used to... (more)
Couple and family therapy of addiction
For the benefit of family therapists who wish to learn more about addiction, the author reviews its psychological, psychodynamic, biological, pharmacological and systemic concomitants. For those who... (more)
Case Studies in Couple and Family Therapy: Systemic and Cognitive Perspectives
This volume features case presentations by many of the most distinguished practitioners of couple and family therapy, bringing to life the full spectrum of contemporary approaches in the field.... (more)
Family Therapy in Changing Times
The new edition of this well-known text addresses the plurality of family life today, and considers the way in which the changeable 'theory of family' has influenced the approaches of those working... (more)
Family Therapy Techniques
A master of family therapy, Salvador Minuchin, traces for the first time the minute operations of day-to-day practice. Dr. Minuchin has achieved renown for his theoretical breakthroughs and his... (more)
Representations of Motherhood
Explores the maternal experience from the mother's point of view. The book questions a society that has devalued and sentimentalized motherhood, and presents images of generative and creative women... (more)
Counselling Couples
Individuals within a couple relationship are asked by their partner to fulfil a multitude of needs - for example, for companionship, security, intimacy - and are often expected to play a number of... (more)
Growing up in step-families
The growth of step-families has been one of the most dramatic changes in British family life in recent decades. Currently, more than one in twelve children live in a step-family. Using clinical... (more)
Bridging the Gap: A Training Module in Personal and Professional Development
This book opens a very important debate for the family therapy field. At a time of treatment rationing and standard setting, it aptly draws our attention to an issue of increasing importance:... (more)
