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Advances in Social Work Practice with the Military

Advances in Social Work Practice with the Military
  • Edited by Joan Beder.

Published April 2012

With the United States’ involvement in numerous combat operations overseas, the need for civilian social workers with the clinical skills necessary to work with members of the military returning from combat, as well as their families, has never been more critical. In this practical and important…
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Serving Military Families in the 21st Century

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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Social Class and the Helping Professions

A Clinician's Guide to Navigating the Landscape of Class in America

Social Class and the Helping Professions
  • Edited by Debbie C. Sturm, and Donna M. Gibson.

Published March 2012

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the intersection of social class and the helping professions, including examinations of the role of social class in American culture, classism, social class and mental health, and the American Dream. It will be a valuable tool for practitioners in a…
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Contemporary Issues in Couples Counseling

A Choice Theory and Reality Therapy Approach

Contemporary Issues in Couples Counseling
  • Edited by Patricia A. Robey, Robert E. Wubbolding and Jon Carlson.

Published February 2012

Contemporary Issues in Couples Counseling explores the most difficult issues that people in the helping professions face when treating couples and provides concrete solutions for addressing them effectively. Using the revolutionary choice theory and reality therapy approaches to couples counseling,…
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Two Plus Two

Couples and Their Couple Friendships

Two Plus Two
  • 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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Handbook of Counseling Military Couples

Handbook of Counseling Military Couples
  • Edited by Bret A. Moore.

Published December 2011

The military imposes unique and often severe challenges to couples, which clinicians – particularly the growing numbers of civilian clinicians who see military couples – often struggle to address. These problems are only compounded by misunderstandings and misconceptions about what it means to be…
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Family Assessment

Contemporary and Cutting-Edge Strategies

Family Assessment
  • Edited by Len Sperry.

Published November 2011

In an era that demands ever-increasing levels of accountability and documentation, Family Assessment is a vital tool for clinicians. It covers more than one hundred assessment methods – both the most widely used strategies as well as those that are more specialized and issue-specific. Techniques…
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We're No Fun Anymore

Helping Couples Cultivate Joyful Marriages Through the Power of Play

We're No Fun Anymore
  • By Robert Schwarz, and Elaine Braff.

Published July 2011

In the 21st century, we tend to expect more than ever from our relationships without knowing how to sustain them. Often a married couple juggling the many demands of life, work and children take their bond for granted. They fail to cultivate and nurture the positive interactions they share,…
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Case Studies in Couples Therapy

Theory-Based Approaches

Case Studies in Couples Therapy
  • 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

Poisonous Parenting
  • 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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