Handbook of Family Therapy and Chronic Illness
- By Joan Atwood, Concetta Gallo

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- Price: $39.95
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Pages: 300
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 31st March 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
- ISBN: 978-0-7890-3388-8
About the Book
Handbook of Family Therapy and Chronic Illness presents a social constructioned approach to the treatment of chronic illness. It describes the methods of working with families experiencing various debilitating medical issues such as multiple sclerosis, irritable bowl syndrome, and cutting. It further discusses the family caregiving roles and the issues experienced by them. This book encourages more of a collaborative approach to treating chronic illness issues within the family system.Table of Contents
About the Editors. Contributors. Preface. Gallo, The Stories of Chronic Illness: Narrative Roles and Family Therapy. Atwood, Weinstein, Chronic Illness and the Family Meaning System. Wong, Hernandez, Chronic Illness, Disability, Secondary Conditions, and the Culturally Diverse Family. McCarthy, Farganis, The Changing American Family: The View from Social Texts. Berman, Writing About Cutting: Healing Narratives in the Classroom. Atwood, Dreher, A Social Constructionist Approach to Therapy with Couples with a Chronic Illness. Conzoneri, Chronic Illness: An Inquiry into Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome from a Place of Uncertainty. Quintiliani, A Family Case Study on Mindfulness-Based Family Therapy for Chronic Co-Occurring Disorders: Chronic Stress, Chronic Anxiety, and Chronic Pain. Kyriacou, Family Therapy for Adult Children Caregivers and Their Families. Gassman, The Chronically and End-of-Life Care. Index. References.
About the Author(s)
Joan Atwood, PhD, LMFT, LCSW, is the president and CEO of Marriage and Family Therapy of New York PLLC. She is also the past president of the New York State Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and was awrded the Long Island Family Therapist of the Year award for outstanding contributions in the field.
Concetta Gallo is an adjunct Assistant Professor at Hofstra University in the Health Professions and Family Studies Department. She has taught a variety of courses in Marriage and Family therapy, and Sociology.
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