Couples & Family Therapy Arena

Changing Aging, Changing Family Therapy

Practicing With 21st Century Realities

• Edited by Paul R. Peluso, Richard E. Watts and Mindy Parsons.

Published May 2012

As the baby boomers move into retirement and later stages of life, gerontology and geriatrics have begun to receive much more attention. Changing Aging, Changing Family Therapy explores the ways in which family therapists’ expertise in systems theory makes them uniquely qualified to take a leading…
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Handbook of LGBT-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy

• Edited by Jerry Bigner, and Joseph L. Wetchler.

Published April 2012

The editors and contributors of this comprehensive text provide a unique and important contribution to LGBT clinical literature. Spanning thirty chapters, they discuss the diverse and complex issues involved in LGBT couple and family therapy. In almost fifteen years, Handbook of…
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Serving Military Families in the 21st Century

• By Karen Blaisure, Tara Saathoff-Wells, Angela Pereira, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth and Amy Laura Dombro.

Published April 2012

This text introduces readers to military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life. Personal stories from active duty, National Guard, reservists, veterans, and their families, from all branches and ranks of the military, and those who work with military personnel, bring their…
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Communication Among Grandmothers, Mothers, and Adult Daughters

A Qualitative Study of Maternal Relationships

• By Michelle Miller Day.

Published March 2012

This volume examines communication processes within the grandmother-mother-daughter relationship, emphasizing an intergenerational perspective. Using observations of and extensive interviews with six sets of middle-income, Caucasian female family members, this book offers a heuristic account of…
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Alone in the Mirror

Twins in Therapy

• By Barbara Klein.
• Foreword by Jacqueline M Martinez.

Published February 2012

Alone in the Mirror: Twins in Therapy chronicles the triumphs and struggles of twins as they separate from one another and find their individuality in a world of non twins. The text is grounded in issues of attachment and intimacy, and is highlighted by Dr. Barbara Klein’s scholarly research,…
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Adventure Therapy

Theory, Research, and Practice

• By Michael A. Gass, H.L. "Lee" Gillis and Keith C. Russell.
• Foreword by Aleta L. Meyer.

Published January 2012

The evolution and history of adventure therapy, as chronicled in the second chapter of this book, well demonstrates how far this field has evolved from a “divergent therapy” into an efficacious form of therapy that engages clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels. Adventure Therapy is…
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Two Plus Two

Couples and Their Couple Friendships

• By Geoffrey L. Greif, and Kathleen Holtz Deal.

Published January 2012

Friendships are undeniably important to an individual’s health, longevity and wellbeing, but they can be equally important for the health and happiness of a couple. Just as a friend can provide a mirror to the self, another couple can provide a reflecting team that supports or impedes a…
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Case Studies in Couples Therapy

Theory-Based Approaches

• Edited by David K. Carson, and Montserrat Casado-Kehoe.

Published July 2011

This up-to-date, highly readable, theory-based, and application-oriented book fills a crucial void in literature on couple therapy. Few books in the couple therapy market bridge the gap between theory and practice; texts tend to lean in one direction or the other, either emphasizing theory and…
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Poisonous Parenting

Toxic Relationships Between Parents and Their Adult Children

• Edited by Shea M. Dunham, Shannon B. Dermer and Jon Carlson.

Published June 2011

How does the toxicity associated with particular parenting styles affect attachment? How do the contaminated views of themselves that children of poisonous parents have affect their relationships into adulthood? Like physicians, clinicians do not want to amputate, but they sometimes find it…
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Restoration Therapy

Understanding and Guiding Healing in Marriage and Family Therapy

• By Terry D. Hargrave, and Franz Pfitzer.

Published May 2011

How can a therapist help his or her clients and ensure that they continue to maintain the insights and motivations learned during therapy in everyday life, beyond termination? Restoration Therapy is a professional resource that introduces the reader to the essential elements of its namesake, and…
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