Couples & Family Therapy Arena

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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Parental Alienation, DSM-V and ICD-11

• Edited by William Bernet.

Published March 2010

Parental alienation is a serious mental condition that affects thousands of children, adolescents, and their families. The essential feature of parental alienation is that a child – usually one whose parents are engaged in a hostile divorce – allies himself or herself strongly with one parent (the…
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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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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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Counseling Fathers

• Edited by Chen Z. Oren, and Dora Chase Oren.

Published June 2009

Men do not often come for counseling because they are having difficulties with being a father, but many of the presenting problems and reasons for seeking help can be related to the roles and responsibilities of fathering. The dramatic shift in societal expectations of being a father can often…
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What Every Man Should Know About Being a Dad

• By David Cohen.

Published June 2009

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…
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CPRT Package

• By GARRY LANDRETH, Sue C. Bratton, Theresa Kellam and Sandra R. Blackard.

Published December 2008

This package includes one copy of Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) by Landreth & Bratton, Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Treatment Manual by Bratton, Landreth, Kellam & Blackard, and The Parent Survival Guide by Kellam, sold at a discount of 20% off the total retail…
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The Parent Survival Guide

From Chaos to Harmony in Ten Weeks or Less

• By Theresa Kellam.

Published November 2008

When parents turn to the parenting/self-help section of their local bookstore, they are looking for both practical guidance and a childrearing philosophy that resonates with them - an approach they can relate to and be comfortable implementing in their own household. In The Parent…
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Counseling Troubled Boys

A Guidebook for Professionals

• Edited by Mark S. Kiselica, Matt Englar-Carlson and Arthur M. Horne.

Published December 2007

This volume provides practitioners with clear, helpful information about the process of understanding and engaging a wide array of boys and adolescent males in counseling. It supplies case examples and covers topics including race, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural factors of boys. A…
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Coming Out, Coming In

Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society

• By Linda Goldman.
• Foreword by Jody M. Huckaby.

Published November 2007

Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society describes the process of “coming in” to a welcoming and nurturing family, from both the teen's and the parents' perspective. Linda Goldman draws on her personal and professional experience as a school…
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