The Couples & Family Therapy Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors and students with information on the range of Couples & Family Therapy books produced by Routledge, Psychology Press, and also by Guilford Press.

Subjects covered by this Arena include: Marriage and Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Step Families, Intergenerational Issues, Intimate Relations, Divorce, Parenting, and Sex Therapy.

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What Every Man Should Know About Being a Dad

What Every Man Should Know About Being a Dad

When a man becomes a father, it can be a very daunting time.

He is suddenly thrust into a new and emotional world. He can feel unprepared (despite the preceding nine months of build-up), useless (despite all the "uses" the mother of his child could offer him), and apprehensive.

However, the new father is about to embark upon the most exciting and rewarding experience of his life. But let's face it, no one teaches men exactly how to become fathers…

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Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families

Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families

Thoroughly revised and expanded, the second edition of this successful text and professional resource offers an alternative approach to thinking about and working with "difficult" families.

From a nonpathologizing stance, William C. Madsen demonstrates creative ways to help family members shift their relationship to longstanding problems; envision desired lives; and develop more proactive coping strategies.

The second edition has been thoroughly updated with practice innovations and many new case illustrations.

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