Family Therapy Books

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51. Family Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents

    By Anthony P. Jurich

    This book describes a blend of insight-oriented, behavioral, and strategic family therapy, which the author has developed over thirty-four years of dealing with suicidal adolescents. It aims not to replace other forms of therapy but to augment the therapist’s own therapeutic style. The book offers...

    Published September 18th 2007 by Routledge
52. Family Art Therapy

    Foundations of Theory and Practice

    By Christine Kerr, Janice Hoshino, Judy Sutherland, Sharyl Thode Parashak, Linda Lea McCarley

    Series: Family Therapy and Counseling

    Family Art Therapy is designed to help the reader incorporate clinical art therapy intervention techniques into family therapy practice. Expressive modalities are often used in work with families, particularly visual art forms, and there is already considerable evidence and literature that point to...

    Published August 14th 2007 by Routledge
53. Resilient Therapy

    Working with Children and Families

    By Angie Hart, Derek Blincow, Helen Thomas

    Whilst much has been written about the identification of resilience in children and their families, comparatively little has been written about what practitioners can do to support those children and families who need the most pressing help. Resilient Therapy explores a new therapeutic methodology...

    Published June 13th 2007 by Routledge
54. The Silver Drawing Test and Draw a Story

    Assessing Depression, Aggression, and Cognitive Skills

    By Rawley Silver

    Art can be an invaluable means of communication. It can bypass language and impairment and allow for the expression of thoughts or feelings too difficult to communicate with words. In The Silver Drawing Test and Draw a Story, Rawley Silver draws on her years of experience using therapeutic art with...

    Published May 31st 2007 by Routledge
55. Hope and Despair in Narrative and Family Therapy

    Adversity, Forgiveness and Reconciliation

    Edited by Carmel Flaskas, Imelda McCarthy, Jim Sheehan

    How do experiences of hope and despair impact upon our capacity to meet life's challenges in narrative and family therapy? Clients' experiences of hope and despair can be complex, reflecting individual and family histories, current patterns and dynamics, the stresses of everyday life, and the...

    Published February 28th 2007 by Routledge
56. African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families

    An Introduction

    By Patricia Dixon

    African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families is a historically and culturally centered text designed for relationship, marriage and family educators and therapists who work with African American singles and couples. Complete with numerous exercises, the book helps singles and couples...

    Published December 25th 2006 by Routledge
57. Activity Groups in Family-Centered Treatment

    Psychiatric Occupational Therapy Approaches for Parents and Children

    Get the tools for practical family-based interventions for children or adolescents with mental illness Providing parent-child occupation-based interventions can be one of the most important therapeutic services offered to children or parents with mental illness and their families. Activity Groups...

    Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge
58. Making Room in Our Hearts

    Keeping Family Ties through Open Adoption

    By Micky Duxbury

    Adopted persons face challenges their entire lives as they struggle to answer the most basic question: Who am I? The hope of open adoption is that adopted children will develop stronger identities if they have the opportunity to develop healthy ongoing relationships with their families of origin....

    Published October 22nd 2006 by Routledge
59. Family and Multi-Family Work with Psychosis

    A Guide for Professionals

    By Gerd-Ragna Bloch Thorsen, Trond Gronnestad, Anne Lise Oxnevad

    Series: The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series

    Family and Multi-Family Work with Psychosis provides a practical step-by-step guide for professionals treating psychosis using family work. The authors draw on over ten years of experience working with family and multi-family groups where there are members with a psychotic disturbance. They...

    Published September 13th 2006 by Routledge
60. The Politics of the Personal in Feminist Family Therapy

    International Examinations of Family Policy

    Address the issues vital for women and their familiesTo be most effective, family therapists need to understand precisely what policies are in place and how they influence families and their relationships. The Politics of the Personal in Feminist Family Therapy: International Examinations of Family...

    Published September 12th 2006 by Routledge