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Changing Aging, Changing Family Therapy

Practicing With 21st Century Realities

Changing Aging, Changing Family Therapy
  • 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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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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Electra vs Oedipus

The Drama of the Mother–Daughter Relationship

Electra vs Oedipus
  • By Hendrika C. Freud.
  • Translated by Marjolijn de Jager.

Published July 2010

Electra vs Oedipus explores the deeply complex and often turbulent relationship between mothers and daughters. In contrast to Sigmund Freud’s conviction that the father is the central figure, the book puts forward the notion that women are in fact far more (pre)occupied with their mother. Drawing…
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Aging and Diversity

An Active Learning Experience

Aging and Diversity
  • By Chandra M. Mehrotra, and Lisa S. Wagner.

Published December 2008

This new edition has been completely rewritten and includes chapters that address key topics in diversity and aging: research methods, psychological aging; health beliefs, behaviors, and services; health disparities; informal and formal care for older persons; work and retirement; religious…
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Lifestyle Changes

A Clinician's Guide to Common Events, Challenges, and Options

Lifestyle Changes
  • By Vera Sonja Maass.

Published May 2008

Change is inevitable, and each person handles each event differently, some with more difficulty than others. In Lifestyle Changes, psychologist Vera Maass draws on 25 years of practice experience - and a lifetime filled with changes, growth, and challenges - to present a clinician's guide…
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Engaging Children in Family Therapy

Creative Approaches to Integrating Theory and Research in Clinical Practice

Engaging Children in Family Therapy
  • Edited by Catherine Ford Sori.

Published June 2006

A common question at the initial meeting of a family therapist and a new client(s) is often whether or not to include a child or children in the counseling sessions. The inclusion of a child in the family therapy process often changes the dynamic between client and therapist -- and between the…
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Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents

What Care Receivers Want

Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents
  • By Cheryl A. Kuba.

Published March 2006

Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, giving dependent care receivers a voice. Caregivers will be made aware of what care receivers truly want during life's final chapters. Exploring issues of housing, spirituality, personal…
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Dealing with the Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Menopause

Finding Hope in the Midlife

Dealing with the Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Menopause
  • By Dana E King, Melissa Hunter, Jerri Harris and Harold G Koenig.

Published June 2005

Turn menopause and midlife into a positive experienceDealing with the Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Menopause examines the emotional toll of menopause, offering help for the worry, anxiety, stress, and depression women can face during the midlife years. Instead of focusing on estrogen,…
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Multigenerational Family Therapy

Multigenerational Family Therapy
  • By David S Freeman.

Published December 1991

Multigenerational Family Therapy is a book about honoring and helping families. Rich with personal reflections and anecdotes from the author’s many years as a family therapist, this volume’s major strength lies in its precise definition of the process and content of the therapy itself. As the…
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