Couples & Family Therapy Arena

Recovering Intimacy in Love Relationships

A Clinician's Guide

• Edited by Jon Carlson, and Len Sperry.

Published May 2010

The loss of intimacy is one of the most difficult—but also one of the most common—factors in the destruction of any relationship. Recovering Intimacy in Love Relationships lays out practical, evidence-based guidelines on which clinicians can depend as they wade through the intense emotions and…
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Evidence-Based Policymaking

Insights from Policy-Minded Researchers and Research-Minded Policymakers

• By Karen Bogenschneider, and Tom Corbett.

Published April 2010

This book is for those who believe that good government should be based on hard evidence, and that research and policy ought to go hand-in-hand. Unfortunately, no such bond exists. Rather, there is a substantial gap, some say chasm, between the production of knowledge and its utilization. Despite…
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Jay Haley Revisited

• Edited by Madeleine Richeport-Haley, and Jon Carlson.

Published February 2010

Jay Haley Revisited brings together some of the most influential professionals who introduce, analyze, and put into context some of the most interesting and significant papers Jay Haley produced, both published and unpublished. Jay Haley was one of the most influential thinkers in psychotherapy who…
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Couples Group Psychotherapy

A Clinical Treatment Model, 2nd ed.

• By Judith Coché.

Published February 2010

Couples Group Psychotherapy: A Clinical Treatment Model, 2nd ed. is an up-to-date model based on more than twenty years of work and research with outpatient couples groups. In the text, therapists will find everything they need to conceptualize and develop a successful practice based on group…
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Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals

• Edited by Stephen B. Levine, Candace B. Risen and Stanley E. Althof.

Published January 2010

This second edition of Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the first indespensable Handbook. The new material reflects the changing needs of mental health professionals and covers topics such as erectile…
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Sex, Sexuality and Therapeutic Practice

A Manual for Therapists and Trainers

• Edited by Catherine Butler, Amanda O'Donovan and Elizabeth Shaw.

Published October 2009

Sexuality is an important area of clients’ lives yet it is often neglected, both in the consulting room and in training. This book examines issues of sexuality in a positive and affirming light and considers how sexuality-related issues can be introduced into therapy and training. Sex and…
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Parenting with Reason

Evidence-Based Approaches to Parenting Dilemmas

• By Esther Yoder Strahan, Wallace E. Dixon Jr. and J. Burton Banks.

Published October 2009

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! Parenting with Reason cuts through the masses of confusing and often contradictory advice about parenting by providing hard…
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The Embedded Self

An Integrative Psychodynamic and Systemic Perspective on Couples and Family Therapy

• By Mary-Joan Gerson.

Published August 2009

First published in 1996, The Embedded Self was lauded as "a brilliant and long overdue rapprochement between psychoanalysis and family therapy conceived by a practitioner trained and experienced in both modalities of treatment." Mary-Joan Gerson’s integrated presentation of psychodynamic and family…
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Common Dilemmas in Couple Therapy

• By Judith P. Leavitt.

Published August 2009

Common Dilemmas in Couple Therapy addresses four common problems that couples therapists face everyday in their offices, problems that leave therapists exhausted, drained, challenged, alive, racing, and on edge. These dilemmas encompass not only the difficult challenges therapists face everyday,…
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Introduction to Family Processes

Fifth Edition

• By Randal D. Day.

Published July 2009

What goes on "behind closed doors" in families is examined in this text. Through his storytelling style, Randy Day introduces readers to the family processes approach – the strategies and behaviors families use to achieve goals. The emphasis is on how families work and interact rather than on the…
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