New Books in Mental Health

April-August 2012

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Couples and Family Therapy

  1. Changing Aging, Changing Family Therapy

    Practicing With 21st Century Realities

    Edited by Paul R. Peluso, Richard E. Watts, Mindy Parsons

    Series: Family Therapy and Counseling

    As the baby boomers move into retirement and later stages of life, gerontology and geriatrics have begun to receive much more attention. Changing Aging, Changing Family Therapy explores the ways in which family therapists’ expertise in systems theory makes them uniquely qualified to take a leading...

    Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Couples in Collusion

    Short-Term, Assessment-Based Strategies for Helping Couples Disarm Their Defenses

    By Dennis A. Bagarozzi

    Series: Family Therapy and Counseling

    When a couple enters therapy, both partners have either explicit or implicit understandings of what can—and, more importantly, cannot—be discussed in therapy. Even when empirically tested assessments are used to help pinpoint areas of concern and conflict, couples may choose to identify only those...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Family Therapy Review

    Contrasting Contemporary Models

    Edited by Anne Rambo, Charles West, AnnaLynn Schooley, Tommie V. Boyd

    This unique text uses one common case to demonstrate the applications of a wide range of family therapy models. Readers will find it useful when studying for the national family therapy licensing exam, which requires that exam takers be able to apply these models to case vignettes. The authors, all...

    Published August 7th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Fathers in Cultural Context

    Edited by David W. Shwalb, Barbara J. Shwalb, Michael E. Lamb

    This new volume reviews the latest research on fathering from every continent, from cultures representing over 50% of the world’s population. International experts on 14 societies/regions discuss cultural and historical influences, variations between and within cultures, and socio economic...

    Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Handbook of LGBT-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy

    Edited by Jerry J. Bigner, Joseph L. Wetchler

    The editors and contributors of this comprehensive text provide a unique and important contribution to LGBT clinical literature. Spanning 30 chapters, they discuss the diverse and complex issues involved in LGBT couple and family therapy. In almost 15 years, this book provides the first in-depth...

    Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Rewriting the Rules

    An Integrative Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships

    By Meg Barker

    We live in a time of great uncertainty about relationships. We search for "The One," but find ourselves staying single because nobody measures up. The reality of our relationships is not what we expected, and it becomes hard to balance it with all the other things that we want out of life. At...

    Published August 1st 2012 by Routledge

  7. Serving Military Families in the 21st Century

    By Karen Rose Blaisure, Tara Saathoff-Wells, Angela Pereira, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Amy Laura Dombro

    Series: Textbooks in Family Studies

    This text introduces readers to military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life. Personal stories from active duty, National Guard, reservists, veterans, and their families, from all branches and ranks of the military, and those who work with military personnel, bring their...

    Published April 1st 2012 by Routledge

  8. The Cultural Context of Sexual Pleasure and Problems

    Psychotherapy with Diverse Clients

    Edited by Kathryn S. K. Hall, Cynthia A. Graham

    Using rich case material and research presented by distinguished authorities in the fields of sex, couple, family, and psychotherapy, this edited book contributes to our efforts to help individuals and couples increase their sexual satisfaction. The authors explore social and cultural backgrounds,...

    Published August 23rd 2012 by Routledge

  9. Work and Family Policy

    International Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Stephen Sweet

    Numerous challenges exist in respect to integrating work and family institutions and there is remarkable cross-national variation in the ways that societies respond to these concerns with policy. This volume examines these concerns by focusing on cross-national variation in structural/cultural...

    Published June 21st 2012 by Routledge