Family Therapy Books

New and Published Books

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. 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
3. 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 Academic
4. Communication Among Grandmothers, Mothers, and Adult Daughters

   A Qualitative Study of Maternal Relationships

   By Michelle Miller Day

   Series: LEA's Series on Personal Relationships

   This volume examines communication processes within the grandmother-mother-daughter relationship, emphasizing an intergenerational perspective. Using observations of and extensive interviews with six sets of middle-income, Caucasian female family members, this book offers a heuristic account of...

   Published March 31st 2012 by Routledge
5. Alone in the Mirror

   Twins in Therapy

   By Barbara Klein

   Alone in the Mirror: Twins in Therapy chronicles the triumphs and struggles of twins as they separate from one another and find their individuality in a world of non twins. The text is grounded in issues of attachment and intimacy, and is highlighted by Dr. Barbara Klein’s scholarly research,...

   Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
6. Adventure Therapy

   Theory, Research, and Practice

   By Michael A. Gass, H.L. "Lee" Gillis, Keith C. Russell

   The evolution and history of adventure therapy, as chronicled in the second chapter of this book, well demonstrates how far this field has evolved from a “divergent therapy” into an efficacious form of therapy that engages clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels. Adventure Therapy is...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
7. Two Plus Two

   Couples and Their Couple Friendships

   By Geoffrey L. Greif, Kathleen Holtz Deal

   Friendships are undeniably important to an individual’s health, longevity and wellbeing, but they can be equally important for the health and happiness of a couple. Just as a friend can provide a mirror to the self, another couple can provide a reflecting team that supports or impedes a...

   Published January 9th 2012 by Routledge
8. Case Studies in Couples Therapy

   Theory-Based Approaches

   Edited by David K. Carson, Montserrat Casado-Kehoe

   Series: Family Therapy and Counseling

   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 the other, either emphasizing theory and...

   Published July 13th 2011 by Routledge
9. Poisonous Parenting

   Toxic Relationships Between Parents and Their Adult Children

   Edited by Shea M. Dunham, Shannon B. Dermer, Jon Carlson

   Series: Family Therapy and Counseling

   How does the toxicity associated with particular parenting styles affect attachment? How do the contaminated views of themselves that children of poisonous parents have affect their relationships into adulthood? Like physicians, clinicians do not want to amputate, but they sometimes find it...

   Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
10. Restoration Therapy

    Understanding and Guiding Healing in Marriage and Family Therapy

    By Terry D. Hargrave, Franz Pfitzer

    How can a therapist help his or her clients and ensure that they continue to maintain the insights and motivations learned during therapy in everyday life, beyond termination? Restoration Therapy is a professional resource that introduces the reader to the essential elements of its namesake, and...

    Published May 10th 2011 by Routledge