The Routledge International Handbook of Couple and Family Therapy

Section I: Personal Voices and Philosophical Perspectives

1. The State of Couple and Family Therapy Internationally

Katherine M. Hertlein and Alexis Washington

2. Addressing Existential Concerns in Families Amongst Contemporary Shifts - A Psychoanalytic, Object Relations Perspective

Cheri L. Hausmann

3. Milan School of Family Therapy

Umberta Telfener

4. A Narratological Study of a Family-Therapeutic Case History

Werner Pfab

5. Family Rituals

Carmen V. Nieto, Kimberly N. Usbeck, Jia-Xin Teo, and Karrison A. Rimon

6. Lived and Successful Sexuality: A Challenge for Couple and Family Therapy

Dr. Ingo Zimmermann

Section II: Theories and Models in an International Context

7. Sociocultural Attunement in Family Therapy

J. Maria Bermudez, Teresa McDowell, and Carmen Knudson-Martin

8. Socio-Relationally Responsive Supervision for Inclusive Learning: A Discursive Perspective

Dr. Saliha Bava

9. Emotional Divorce and Couples Therapy in Iran

Afarin Rajaei and Parmida Safavi

10. 'It's more than I can manage': Psychosocial Counseling and Family Therapy for Refugees in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

B. Bräutigam, A. H. Lohrasbi Nejad and L. Werle

11. Bi-National and Multicultural Expat Couples in Mexico City: Exploring Covert Cultural Contracts

Jason James Platt and Elizabeth Ann Willems

12. Systemic Family Therapy in Africa: Past, Present, and Future Trends

Ronald Asiimwe, Michelle Karume and Rosco Kasujja

13. The Development of Cambodian Family Therapy

Bernhild Pfautsch

14. Taiwanese Couples and Families: Current Treatment Perspectives

Chi-Fang Tseng and Pei-Fen Li

15. Bosphorus Connecting Europe and Asia: Couple and Family Therapy in Turkey

Yudum Söylemez and Senem Zeytinoğlu Saydam

16. The Therapeutic Dance of Bowenian Therapy and South Asian Families: Issues to Consider

Gita Seshadri and Shruti Poulsen

Section III: Specific Applications with International Populations

17. Medical Family Therapists Working with Culturally Diverse Patients - Using the Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model with Chronically and Terminally Ill Patients and their Families

Vaida Kazlauskaite and Elena Angelkova

18. Solution Focused Brief Therapy: Global Practices

Sara Smock Jordan and Benjamin T. Finlayson

19. Bridging Training and Experiences: Expanding Clinical Practices with Latinx Communities

Melissa M. Yzaguirre and Andres Brown

20. Recommendations for Working with Trauma Within Incarcerated Couples and Families

Eman Tadros and Sreevidya Nibhanupudi

21. Addressing Technology Misuse in Relationships: A Cross Cultural Therapeutic Perspective

Katherine M. Hertlein

22. Cross-Cultural Technology Use in Maintaining Romantic and Familial Relationships

Katherine M. Hertlein, Nicole Feno, Alysha Robinson, Norma Gomez, Jonathan Molina and Teri Raven

23. Experientialism: Finding Unconditional Positive Regard in a World of Chaos

Tabitha N. Webster, Dumayi Gutierrez and Reihaneh Mahdavishahri

24. Immigrant and Refugee Families: Theory and Practice

Zamzam Dini, Marwa Ibrahim and Connor Callahan

25. Systemic Therapy in Central and South America: Past, Present, and Future

Ruth Casabianca

Section IV: Emerging Perspectives

26. Risks and Side-Effects in Systemic Family Therapy

Matthias Ochs, Jakub Caha & Tomáš Řiháček

27. Interracial Couples: Clinical Considerations for a Contemporary World

Maxine R. Notice

28. Sino-American Family Therapy: A Chinese Perspective on Traditional Western Family Therapy Methods

John K. Miller, Hu Yaorui and Dai Xing

29. An Adaptive Application of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Iranian Immigrant Couples

Reihaneh Mahdavishahri

30. Yoruba Nigerian and European-American Couples: International Considerations for Therapy

Rachael A. Dansby Olufowote

31. Practicing Couple Therapy in the Middle East: Arab and Muslim Related Critiques and Clinical Considerations

Mona ElRoby Saleh, Sarah K. Samman and Rachael A. Dansby Olufowote

32. Towards a Bicultural Parenting Model for South Asian Immigrant Parents

Rajeswari Natrajan-Tyagi and Shruti Singh Poulsen

33. An Integration of Collaborative Language Systems and Symbolic Experiential Family Therapy with Transnational Families

Nicole Sabatini Gutierrez and K. Loette Snead

34. Relational Resiliency in an Age of Digital Chaos: Collective Strategies for Prevention and Healing in an Electronic World

Katherine M. Hertlein

Biography

Katherine M. Hertlein, Ph.D., (she/her) is a Professor in the Couple and Family Therapy Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). She received her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Purdue University Calumet and her doctorate in human development with a specialization in marriage and family therapy from Virginia Tech. Across her academic career, she has published over 90 articles, 12 books, and over 50 book chapters. She is currently the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. She was a 2018-2019 Fulbright Core Scholar, and in this role, served as a Visiting Lecturer and Guest Researcher at the University of Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria. She lectures nationally and internationally on technology, couples, and sex. Dr. Hertlein maintains a private practice in Las Vegas, Nevada.