Family Therapy category: 649 books
by Caroline Madden
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2015
You are a good man who made a bad decision. You were unfaithful in your marriage. You love your wife, and now that you see clearly what your infidelity has done to her, you are incredibly sorry that you have hurt her so much.
You want to save your marriage. You don't want to lose your family. I know...
The Resilient Self
How Survivors of Troubled Families Rise Above Adversity
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
An informative and inspiring guide to rebounding from childhood hardships to find uncommon strength and courage
“The Resilient Self reminds us all of the importance of being aware of and building on the strengths of our young people, whatever their early life experiences. We must work to...
by Froma Walsh, PhD, MSW
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In this widely used course text and practitioner resource, Froma Walsh provides a state-of-the-art framework for understanding resilience in families and how to foster it. Illuminating the complex interplay of biopsychosocial influences in risk and resilience, she identifies key transactional processes...
Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates
Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
If you need help having a baby, reproductive technology can supply the answer. But it also raises a host of questions that won’t arise until after the child is born: What will you say to “Where did I come from?” when the answer includes a donor or surrogate? Will knowing the truth about how...
by Pat Otwell
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2008
Learn how to develop an effective Alzheimer’s ministry.
The Guide to Ministering to Alzheimer's Patients and Their Families examines the importance of spirituality in dealing with the everyday challenges of this mysterious disease. Not a “how-to” manual with step-by-step instructions...
Responding to Family Violence
A Comprehensive, Research-Based Guide for Therapists
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
The comprehensive theory- and research-based guidelines provided in this text help answer the personal and professional questions therapists have as they provide competent clinical treatment to clients who have experienced family violence. It presents academic, scholarly, and statistical terms in...
by R. D. Laing
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
Originally published in 1969, based on the talks R. D. Laing gave in 1967 and 68, this book was intended by the author to evoke questions rather than provide answers. Using concepts of schizophrenia, R.D. Laing demonstrates that we tend to invalidate the subjective and experiential and accept the proper societal view of what should occur within the family.
by Renée C. Bauer
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Your children may not understand what the word divorce means, but they understand how it makes them feel. Their little worlds are turned upside down. Percy the perky penguin feels the exact same way when he learns that his parents are no longer going to live together. Even though he has lots of friends...
A Family Systems Guide to Infidelity
Helping Couples Understand, Recover From, and Avoid Future Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
A Family Systems Guide to Infidelity offers an explanatory model and concrete techniques, enabling therapists and counselors to treat the core of a couple’s relationship problems instead of merely applying a therapeutic bandage. Chapters give therapists proven techniques to help couples redevelop...
The Birth Of The Family
An Empirical Enquiry
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
In the Birth of the Family, Dr.Lewis continues one of the most important research projects in clinical psychiatry. It gives a picture of the interweaving of three relationships systems before, during and after the birth of the first child: the martial relationship of the parents, and the parental...
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay
A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1997
There are many books that promise to help you fix a bad relationship. This groundbreaking bestseller is the first one to help you choose whether you should even try—or if you need to go.
Psychotherapist Mira Kirshenbaum draws on years of research and her work with real-life couples to help...
After the Affair, Updated Second Edition
Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
“Dr. Spring possesses a remarkable combination of clarity, wisdom, spirit, and heart. This is an extremely helpful and healing book—a gift to us all.”
—Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger
“It is ‘must’ reading for any couple who has experienced the violation of...
by Amy J. L. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
An examination of adults who have been manipulated by divorcing parents.
Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) occurs when divorcing parents use children as pawns, trying to turn the child against the other parent. This book examines the impact of PAS on adults and offers strategies and hope for dealing with the long-term effects.
When He's Married to Mom
How to Help Mother-Enmeshed Men Open Their Hearts to True Love and Commitment
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
A practical, compassionate relationship guide for women who are involved with mother-enmeshed men, mothers who wish to set their sons free, and men dealing with issues of commitment, sex addiction, and unhealthy attachments.
Why can't he commit? Many women find themselves asking this question...