Treating Contemporary Families: Toward a More Inclusive Clinical Practice

This book provides therapists with evidence-based practices to treat contemporary families, emphasizing the importance of helping families change their patterns of interaction for successful, lasting change. It examines common challenges such as co-parenting, divorce, intimate partner violence, blending families, and loss and bereavement, offering targeted interventions for each family type.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 302 pages
Publication date: 08 February 2022
Publisher: American Psychological Association

This comprehensive text serves as a valuable guide for therapists seeking to implement evidence-based practice when treating contemporary families. Recognizing the diverse and complex nature of today's families, the text emphasizes the importance of helping families modify their patterns of interaction to achieve lasting change. It explores various common challenges faced by contemporary families, including co-parenting, divorce, intimate partner violence, blending families, and loss and bereavement. Contributors delve into extensive research on each challenge, alongside research on diverse family types, to provide targeted interventions tailored to each specific family type.

The book's strong emphasis on inclusion, social justice, and evidence-based practice empowers clinicians to work effectively with today's diverse families in a culturally responsive and empathetic manner. By integrating research with clinical practice, therapists can gain valuable insights and strategies to assist families in overcoming their challenges and promoting positive outcomes. This text serves as a valuable resource for practitioners, students, and researchers interested in advancing the field of family therapy and improving the well-being of contemporary families.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781433836657