Psychotherapy: couples and families Books

Much relationship counselling today is conducted by generalist psychologists, social workers, and counsellors. Yet there is a strong case for a greater role for clinical psychologists. Accurate assessment during couples therapy is essential, the dynamics...

Originally published in 1993, Managing Stress in Families deals with the use of well-researched psychosocial strategies in working with families under stress. This includes households where one or more members experience major mental or physical health...

This innovative text offers a simple but comprehensive framework for couple assessment that integrates research and information on couples from a wide range of models.Using the 7 Cs as a basis for guiding assessment, chapters move through key areas of...

Marriage is hard work! Make no mistake! It is daily work! No breaks! No vacations! No time outs! The first step to establishing the legacy you desire is to remember what your spouse needs from you, expects from you, and gives to you through her life, her...

Dieses Buch behandelt das komplexe Beziehungsgeflecht Familie, analysiert und deckt dessen kontroverse Mechanismen auf. Zerwürfnisse entwickeln sich häufig langsam und unmerklich. Rechtzeitiges Erkennen ermöglichen Abwehr und Schutz.Die Auflösung...

Marriage is hard work! Make no mistake! It is daily work! No breaks! No vacations! No time outs! The first step to establishing the legacy you desire is to remember what your spouse needs from you, expects from you, and gives to you through his life, his...

This book helps us to recognise the various experiences involved in sibling relationships as a result of the fundamental drive for survival and validation, enabling us to reach a deeper understanding of our siblings and ourselves.

This essential text explores the concept of "Me-Marriage"-a marital relationship that blends individualized life goals and interests-and draws from research on the current benefits and costs of marriage to consider how to achieve success, both...

Las relaciones amorosas son una parte fundamental de la vida de muchas personas, ya que nos permiten compartir momentos y emociones con alguien que nos importa. Sin embargo, mantener una relación sana y duradera no es una tarea fácil y...

Es normal tener expectativas de amor, respeto y afecto en una relación de pareja. Sin embargo, cuando tu pareja no muestra signos de amor hacia ti, puede ser doloroso y desorientador. Es importante recordar que no estás solo/a en esta...

Recuerda que estas señales son solo indicativos y no garantizan que alguien esté enamorado de ti. Las relaciones son complejas y el amor puede manifestarse de diferentes maneras en cada persona. Es importante comunicarse abiertamente con la...

Learn to look at marriage and couples counseling through the lens of Rational Emotive Couples Therapy. Dr. Russell Grieger walks the reader through the RECT process and includes numerous exercises that are appropriate for clinicians to use with their...

Después de la infidelidad muestra como las parejas pueden sanar y crecer a partir de la desastrosa crisis de infidelidad. Proporciona respuestas a las preguntas más comunes acerca de como superar la infidelidad.

This text captures the important relationship between religion and the family with a review of relevant literature on the subject, synthesizing it within a theoretical framework. The book shows how these two social institutions...

Conflict is not only inevitable in a romantic relationship, but also a primary predictor of relationship satisfaction and commitment. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine if and to what extent a correlation exists between...

2019, Fantine aurait eu dix-huit ans, comme sa soeur jumelle. Mais elle n'est jamais née, la vie en a décidé autrement. Cette histoire est singulière et c'est Fantine qui la raconte. La rencontre de ses parents, leur union, leur envie d'enfant puis le...

This volume is a result of the 1991 Third Annual Kent Psychology Forum and it investigates the ways families affect and are affected by health and illness. It should serve both as a clinical guide for teaching and for professional practice. It is...

Psychology's contribution to health research and clinical practice continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. In this book a global and multidisciplinary selection of outstanding academics and clinicians focus on the psychological well-being and positive...

Published in 1990, A Systematic Harpoon Into Family Games is a valuable contribution to the field of Family Therapy, using games that were utilised in a workshop in Finland, August 1986, organized by the Family Therapists' Association and the Association...

First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This up-to-date, highly readable, theory-based, and application-oriented book fills a crucial void in literature on couple therapy. Few books in the couple therapy market bridge the gap between theory and practice; texts tend to lean in one direction or...

This book will help practitioners overcome one of the leading challenges in couples therapy: working effectively with the male partner. Men have unique needs and psychological issues that many clinicians may not recognize or know how to address. This...

Grief is a family affair. When a loved one dies, the distress reverberates throughout the immediate and extended family. Family therapy has long attended to issues of loss and grief, yet not as the dominant therapeutic paradigm. Bereavement Care for...

This accessible guide confronts myths and pressures surrounding men and sex, promoting a positive and healthy model of male sexuality that replaces traditional expectations.

Bringing together clinical expertise with the latest findings from social, affective, and cognitive neuroscience, this accessible guide outlines how basic concepts of neuroscience and family therapy can be highly relevant to all mental health treatment...

Are you and your significant other struggling to understand each other? Is there something you need to say to your partner but you just don't know how? Then you need to keep reading…For decades, poor communication has been cited as the leading...

Context is the unifying principle that guides a therapist's formulation of the modern family's presenting dilemmas, functioning, relationships, and attitudes. We can no longer assume that a family is comprised of a mother, father, and children; the...

EMDR in Family Systems provides clinicians with a clear account of the EMDR process and a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to healing trauma through integrating EMDR with other therapeutic tools. The book provides a unique protocol utilizing numerous...

As a quality resource that examines the psychological, neurobiological, cultural, and spiritual considerations that undergird optimal couple care, Foundations for Couples' Therapy teaches readers to conduct sensitive and comprehensive therapy with a...

There is currently no single resource that compiles the various applications to the many clinical populations being served by Emotionally Focused Therapy today. The Emotionally Focused Casebook fills that void as a substantive reference for...

This book is intended as a guide for both novice and experienced counselors and family therapists, covering a wide range of topics and offering a large body of information on how to effectively counsel children and their families.

Treating Couples Well shows clinicians how to create a collaborative approach to couple therapy, which will empower couples to take charge of their own treatment.Written in an engaging and conversational style, the book carefully explains how to help...

Relational-Cultural Therapy (RCT) is developed to accurately address the relational experiences of persons in de-valued cultural groups. As a model, it is ideal for work with couples: it encourages active participation in relationships, fosters the...

Immer wieder tauchen Erlebnisse aus der Uteruszeit in den späteren Träumen von Erwachsenen, Senioren, Kindern auf. Diese vorgeburtlichen Ereignisse können biografisch zurückverfolgt werden, sie beruhen auf Fakten. Die Pränatalpsychologie beschäftigt sich...

Ein Kriegskind, das in seiner Kindheit schreckliche, verwirrende und einsame Situationen erleben musste, führt einen Dialog mit seiner Tochter. Beide erkennen in ihrem Gespräch, dass die Mutter ihrer Tochter, der Kriegsenkelin, viele prägende und...

Facharbeit (Schule) aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Familienerziehung, Note: 13,00, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit untersucht die Handlungsoptionen im Kinder- und Jugendhilferecht. Es geht dabei um die Kooperation zwischen...

In an era when teachers commonly report that up to half of the children in their classes come from multiple homes and have multiple caretakers, the special psychological challenges of stepparenting have never been in greater need of examination.  As...

Presents a comprehensive model of integrating individual and family therapy with clinical examples to illustrate the model. Throughout the book, the importance of tailoring the structure and process of therapy to meet the particular needs of specific...

First published in 1986. Motivation is different for different cultures, apparent even in the recent contrast between our experience of the relatively stable residential neighborhood and the shifting sands of the beach community. The bait is different...

This accessible guide provides family and play therapists with an innovative method for addressing maladaptive emotional behavior in vulnerable children, helping them develop a practical understanding of how to diagnose, treat, and help children move...

Based on original research from nearly 1,600 women from the kink community, this book takes you on a journey into the motivations, meanings, and benefits of kink, in these women's own words.

This study examined the relationship between student-therapists' clinical experience and three therapeutic factors shown in the literature to be associated with client outcome - the therapy alliance, the number of dropouts, and the number of completed...

The first of its kind, this book applies existential principles to sexual problems, providing clinicians with the tools to understand male sexuality more deeply.Alighting from the existential psychotherapy tenets of Irvin D. Yalom, Watter introduces the...