A research methods text with a unique focus on evidence-based practice with couples and families, this book bridges the divide between research and clinical work. The text offers comprehensive, user-friendly coverage of measurement and design issues and basic qualitative and quantitative methods. Illustrating research concepts with clinically ......
Helping Adults and Children Mourn When a Marriage Comes Apart
Divorce and Loss: Helping Adults and Children Mourn When a Marriage Comes Apart is designed to help therapists understand the many losses in divorce and the mourning process that is necessary for each family member in order to move on. Joshua Ehrlich describes how therapists ...
Psychological and Social Effects of Imprisonment on Children, Parents, a
Brings a family perspective to our understanding of what it means to have so many of our nation's parents in prison. Drawing from the field's most recent research and the author's own fieldwork, this book looks at how incarceration affects entire families: offender parents, children, and care-givers.
This book surveys the state of the science and practice of today's couple and family therapy, looking beyond single models of treatment to instead present an integrative view of the field and its methods of practice.
Helping beginning and experienced therapists cope with the myriad challenges of working in agencies, clinics, hospitals, and private practice, this book distills the leading theories and best practices in the field. The authors provide a clear approach to engaging diverse clients and building rapport; interweaving evidence-based techniques to meet ......
Empowering Families to Meet the Challenges of Aging
Presents Caregiver Family Therapy (CFT), a systems approach to treating families that care for an ageing adult. CFT consists of three core stages: identifying the problem; structuring caregiver roles; and ensuring caregiver self-care. Full of rich clinical examples, this book will help therapists and other service providers meet the complex, ......
Widely adopted, this valued course text and practitioner guide has expanded the understanding of family normality and healthy functioning in our increasingly diverse society. The editor and contributors are at the forefront of research and clinical training. They describe the challenges facing contemporary families and ways in which clinicians can ......
