Family Psychology

This book addresses key questions facing the child therapist--how and when to bring parents into the treatment process and give them tools to suppo...

Examining clinical practice with families through a mentalizing lens, this innovative book is filled with practical therapeutic strategies and in-d...

Grounded in a deep understanding of what makes intimate relationships succeed, this book provides concrete guidelines for addressing the complexiti...

The Teacher and the Teenage Brain is essential reading for all teachers and students of education. This book offers a fascinating introduction to t...

Individuals bereaved by the drug- or alcohol-related death of a family member represent a sizeable group worldwide. Families Bereaved by Alcohol or...

This book presents Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) for traumafocused care, adopting a systemic and traumaorientated approach to aggressive and selfdes...

This book presents Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) for traumafocused care, adopting a systemic and traumaorientated approach to aggressive and selfdes...

While every parent knows more of what to expect the next time round, the birth of a second child is no less momentous. Family relationships multipl...

If you are facing the unique challenges of caring for a parent with dementia, you are not alone. What do you do when your loved one so plainly need...

Our grasp of numbers and uncertainty is one of humankind's most distinctive and important traits. It is pivotal to our exceptional ability to contr...

Packed with practical tools, this authoritative manual offers a complete guide to implementing the evidence-based Community Reinforcement and Famil...

Packed with practical tools, this authoritative manual offers a complete guide to implementing the evidence-based Community Reinforcement and Famil...

The book examines the major issues in perinatal clinical psychology with the presence of theoretical information and operational indications, throu...

Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies is the first text to introduce human development and family studies (HDFS) as inextricably lin...

This book offers a synthesis of social science and evolutionary approaches to the study of intergenerational relations, using biological, psycholog...

Published in 1949, this essay on child psychology and psychotherapy should be of especial interest to all parents and teachers of young children. S...

The Handbook of Forgiveness, Second Edition consolidates research from a wide range of disciplines and offers an in-depth review of the science of ...

Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infant development. This book takes the rea...

Systemic theory offers a valuable framework for integrating the diverse ideas found throughout the mental health arena in both theory and clinical ...

This book presents psychoanalytic thinking about the phenomenon of the couple and couple dynamics at different levels of organization: the couple i...

The teaching of family therapy has been the subject of serious scrutiny since the onset of training and accreditation many years ago, yet there are...

Much has been written about the function of falling in love in the course of therapy itself. This book has a much broader aim. Deirdre Johnson, a J...

Originally published in 1983, Play is a Feeling is an exploration of the world of childhood, those first discoveries of sensation, movement, langua...

This book examines the very basic human need to belong. It looks at the intimacy that is a cornerstone of such belonging and closeness, romantic re...

Research on home visiting shows that Early Head Start (EHS) home-based programs benefit from additional training and resources that streamline phil...

He was my best friend. I feel like I've lost that one person I could always count on. Siblings know each other in ways friends and other blood rela...

Parenting adolescents is a challenging task for parents. Professionals offer a range of support and parenting programmes to support parents. Howeve...

Children and young people spend a great deal of their time in schools and other education settings. Consequently those working in such contexts hav...

This volume offers therapists effective, practical strategies for helping patients overcome the psychological impact of a history of serious illnes...