Family psychology

Despite the burgeoning literature on the role of the father in child development and on fathering as a developmental stage, surprisingly little has been written about the psychiatrically impaired father.

Widely adopted, this valued course text and practitioner guide has expanded the understanding of family normality and healthy functioning in our increasingly diverse society.

This book provides a pragmatic guide to multi-family therapy (MFT), as employed in a variety of different settings: health, social care and education.

This book shows readers how to conduct observational methods, research tools used to describe and explain behaviors as they unfold in everyday settings.

Motherhood and Mental Illness offers an in-depth, comprehensive relational psychotherapeutic framework to provide effective treatment for those experiencing maternal mental illness.

Transforming Sexual Narratives offers readers the opportunity to address complex sexual problems through Narrative Relational Sex Therapy (NRST), an original approach that Suzanne Iasenza has developed during twenty-five years of clinical practice.

Fatherhood Scenarios offers a wide range of perspectives, including different cultural and ethnic perspectives and chapters considering the role of the father throughout the lifespan, including experiences of gay fathers, adoptive fathers, and disabled fathers.

Ideas drawn from family and systemic therapy form the basis of many interventions in mental health and childcare.

Ein beziehungsorientierter und traumafundierter Traueransatz- Ein neuer Ansatz in der Trauerbegleitung von Kindern und Jugendlichen- Praxisorientiert mit zahlreichen Beispielen- Autor hält Vorträge, gibt Workshops und andere VeranstaltungenKinder und Jugendliche erleben viel häufiger schwere, nicht selten auch traumatisierende Verlustsituationen als gemeinhin angenommen.

A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2014!

Strengthening Family Coping Resources (SFCR) uses a skill-building, multi-family group framework to teach constructive resources to families who have a high exposure to stress and trauma.

Women increasingly make up a significant percentage of the labor force throughout the world.

Disability and Impairment introduces professionals working with families to the everyday issues faced by disabled people of all ages in family life.

Your favorite long-term client tells you they want to open up their relationship.

Understanding Teen Eating Disorders introduces readers to common teen eating disorder scenarios, their warning signs, and treatment options.

Today more pediatric therapists are centering their work on the parent-child relationship and are turning to parents as a primary modality in solving children's problems.

Understanding Animal Abuse and How to Intervene with Children and Young People offers a positive, compassion-based and trauma-informed approach to understanding and intervening in animal abuse.

The volume opens a new frontier in parent-child communication research as it brings together veteran researchers and newcomers to explore the communication of parents and children as they create relationships outside the family.

Soziale Beziehungen spielen für das psychische und physische Befinden eine wichtige Rolle.

Bindung macht Sinn!

Comprehensive review of the science and practice of parenting in diverse cultural contexts, including policy implications and interventions.

This accessible book uses case studies to explore issues around intimacy, sexual function and sexual development over the lifespan, introducing applied principles and practices when working with sexuality-related issues.

Funkstille – da bricht jemand ohne Ankündigung den Kontakt zu anderen ab.

Here is an exciting collection of favorite and successful family therapy interventions from therapists which inspire more creative therapy methods in your own practice.

No other available text offers such a hands-on approach to marriage and family therapy theory.

The care system looks after the most vulnerable young people in society - those who are, for a variety of reasons, unable to live with their parents.

Multifamily Therapy Group for Young Adults with Anorexia Nervosa describes a new and innovative family-centered outpatient Multifamily Therapy Group (MFTG) approach called Reconnecting for Recovery (R4R) for young adults with anorexia nervosa that is based on a relational reframing of eating disorders.

Sometimes it feels as though everybody has an opinion on how you should bring up your child - and no two people seem to agree on how it should be done for the best!

Sex, God, and the Conservative Church guides psychotherapy and sexology clinicians on how to treat clients who grew up in a conservative faith-mired in sexual shame and dysfunction-and who desire to both heal and hold on to their faith orientation.

This text introduces readers to the unique culture of military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life.

Das Buch setzt sich mit heilenden und schädigenden Aspekten im Kontext von Bindung, Trennung, Scheidung und Neubeginn mit Blick auf die Eltern sowie auf die Kinder auseinander.

Dieses Buch erzählt die Lebensgeschichte von Anka, einer Frau, die durch viele Krisen und Schmerzen hindurch nie aufgegeben hat, sondern - im Gegenteil - an all diesen Brüchen in ihrem Leben gewachsen ist.

How do we begin to describe our love for our children?

Das Manual zum neuen, antragsfreien Versorgungsangebot- Schließt die große Versorgungslücke in der Psychotherapie- Leicht anwendbare Anleitung für vier Gruppensitzungen- Mit sofort einsetzbaren Arbeitsmaterialien zum DownloadDie Gruppentherapeutische Grundversorgung kann seit 2021 jedem gesetzlich Versicherten mit Psychotherapiebedarf, und somit einer Patientengruppe mit diversen psychotherapeutischen Anliegen und unterschiedlichsten Vorbehandlungen, angeboten werden.

Family therapy has become a well-established treatment modality across many mental health disciplines including clinical social work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and counseling.

Stressed Out!

Irrespective of theoretical orientation, families matter.

Unwed teenage pregnancy is a national problem - and a puzzle for clinicians and social psychologists.

Family therapy is increasingly recognised as one of the evidence based psychotherapies.

In Changing Course-now fully revised and updated-Claudia Black extends a helping hand to anyone overcoming the complex trauma of growing up in an impaired family system.

This book provides an overview of the basic concepts of a systems theoretical perspective using families and family therapy as examples and illustrations of their application in professional practice.

Adopted persons face challenges their entire lives as they struggle to answer the most basic question: Who am I?

This essential guide provides accessible, concise, evidence-based guidelines on Atttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), offering a deeper scientific understanding of the condition and its consequences.

Dass Psychotherapie ein wirkungsvolles Angebot ist, um psychische und psychosoziale Probleme zu bearbeiten, das lässt sich seit mehr als hundert Jahren zeigen.

Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is all too often used to stand for a host of social problems, and empirical research results ignored.

"Ich bin hier geboren und aufgewachsen, ich kenne jeden Halm und jedes Sandkorn, doch das ist ein Trugschluss.

We're in the midst of a parenting climate that feeds on more.

This volume covers the range of reactions that both patients and clients have to the circumstance of a child entering the therapist's family.

AutPlay Therapy is a behavioral play-based treatment approach to working with children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.

We live in a self-centered world, despite the call from employers and thought leaders for more cooperation and compassion.