Family Therapy Homework Planner, Second Edition - Softcover

Louis J Bevilacqua; Frank M. Dattilio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470504390 ISBN 13: 9780470504390

Publisher: Wiley, 2010

Synopsis

Features new and updated assignments and exercises to meet the changing needs of mental health professionals

The Family Therapy Homework Planner, Second Edition provides you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. This easy-to-use sourcebook features:

• New and updated homework assignments consistent with evidence-based therapies and grouped by presenting problems including adoption, communication issues, interracial family problems, sexual abuse, and school concerns

• 78 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues encountered by families in therapy, such as family-of-origin interference, depression in family members, divorce, financial conflict, adolescent and parent conflicts, traumatic life events, and dependency issues

• Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises

• Assignments that are cross-referenced to The Family Therapy Treatment Planner, Second Edition—so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or problem

• A CD-ROM that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format—allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients’ unique styles and needs

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About this title

From the Back Cover

Help families develop the skills they need to work through problems

Brief Family Therapy Homework Planner arms you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. This easy-to-use sourcebook features:

• Over 30 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues in family therapeutic treatment
• A quick-reference format–the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problem, such as addiction, anger, mental illness, and jealousy
• Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises
• Assignments that are cross-referenced to The Family Therapy Treatment Planner–so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or behavioral problem
• A computer disk that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format–allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients’ unique styles and needs

About the Author

LOUIS J. BEVILACQUA, PsyD, is a Clinical Psychologist and Vice President of Life Counseling Services (LCS), which has over twenty-five office locations throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida. Dr. Bevilacqua is the Internship Training Director at LCS, which is an Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) approved training program.

FRANK M. DATTILIO, PhD, ABPP, maintains a dual faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Distinguished Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association’s Division 29. He has written more than 200 professional publications and fourteen books in the areas of marital and family discord, anxiety disorders, and forensic and clinical psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470504390
• ISBN 13: 9780470504390
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Arthur E. Jongsma Jr.