Family Counselling Books

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1. Children, Spirituality, Loss and Recovery

   Edited by Joyce Bellous

   The book demonstrates the hopeful stance the young take in response to ordinary suffering and significant trauma when adults talk with them about their losses. Its underlying themes convey the truth that loss and recovery are normal in the process of growing to maturity. It examines the strength of...

   September 2009 | 978-0-415-55136-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Lesbian Family Life, Like the Fingers of a Hand: Under-Discussed and Controversial Topics

   Edited by Valory Mitchell

   In this book, an array of approaches - first person and theoretical accounts, clinical understandings, qualitative and quantitative research - are brought to bear on controversial or under-discussed topics in lesbian family life. From conception all the way to care for elderly parents, this book...

   September 2009 | 978-1-56023-771-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Men in the Lives of Young Children: An international perspective

   Edited by Deborah Jones, Roy Evans

   This book presents an international perspective on the involvement of men in the lives of young children across a range of differing contexts and from a number of disciplinary perspectives. It takes as a starting point the importance of positive male engagement with young children so as to ensure...

   June 2009 | 978-0-415-49704-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Family Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques

   By Mark Rivett, Eddy Street

   Family therapy is increasingly recognised as one of the evidence based psychotherapies. In contemporary therapeutic practice, family therapy is helpful across the age span and for distress caused by family conflict, trauma and mental health difficulties. Because of this, many psychotherapists...

   May 2009 | 978-0-415-41039-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations

   By Douglas A. Brownridge

   Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations investigates under-researched and underserved groups of women who are particularly vulnerable to violent victimization from an intimate male partner. In the past, there has been an understandable reluctance to address this issue to avoid stereotyping...

   January 2009 | 978-0-415-99608-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Interracial Families: Current Concepts and Controversies

   By George Alan Yancey, Richard Lewis, Jr.

   A unique book offering both a research overview and practical advice for its readers, this text allows students to gain a solid understanding of the research that has been generated on several important issues surrounding multiracial families, including intimate relations, family dynamics...

   2008 | 978-0-415-99034-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Guide to Ministering to Alzheimer's Patients and Their Families

   By Pat Otwell

   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 or tried and...

   2008 | 978-0-7890-2903-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Strong Families Around the World: Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives

   Edited by John DeFrain, Sylvia Asay

   The strengths of families from culture to culture, when compared to each other, are remarkably similar and give us common ground around the world upon which to unite and develop mutual understanding. Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives: Strong Families Around the World, provides a conceptual...

   2007 | 978-0-7890-3603-2 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century

   By Elizabeth Segal

   Find out how—and why—legislation has made economic rights more important than human rightsSince 1996, politicians and public officials in the United States have celebrated the “success” of welfare reform legislation despite little, if any, evidence to support their claims....

   2006 | 978-0-7890-2922-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

10. Psychoanalytic Theory for Social Work Practice: Thinking Under Fire

    Edited by Marion Bower

    Written by practicing social workers and social work educators, this text analyzes modern psychoanalytic and psychosocial approaches to social work and relates them to current practices and values. Focusing on working with children and families, the text covers salient issues in social work...

    2005 | 978-0-415-33800-4 | Paperback (Routledge)