Family Therapy Around the World: A Festschrift for Florence W. Kaslow - Hardcover

William C. Nichols

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789025140 ISBN 13: 9780789025142

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

An international celebration of the work of Florence W. Kaslow!

Family Therapy Around the World: A Festschrift for Florence W. Kaslow celebrates the life and work of the distinguished family therapist with an international collection of essays that reflects the dynamic state of clinical practice, research, and theory. Professionals and practitioners from 15 countries honor Dr. Kaslow’s pioneering contributions to family therapy and family psychology by offering practical solutions to the real, everyday problems that affect today’s world. The essays are varied and extensive, incorporating cultural and social factors to explore new territory in family therapy through cutting-edge research, clinical cases, and theoretical developments.

Family Therapy Around the World recognizes the profound influence of Dr. Kaslow, who was instrumental in the adoption of the Journal of Family Psychotherapy as the official journal of the International Family Therapy Association (IFTA). The spirit of her work flows through the book’s essays, which represent the latest thinking and practice developments from clinicians, theoreticians, and researchers around the world. The book paints a clear portrait of the current state of family therapy across the globe, including contributions from Japan; the United Kingdom; Israel; India; Argentina; Russia; Sweden; Iceland; Yugoslavia; Italy; Australia; Norway; Chile; and the United States.

Topics examined in Family Therapy Around the World include:

• salutogenic family therapy (Sweden)
• working with abusing families (United Kingdom)
• family life in an atmosphere of chronic stress and social transformation (Yugoslavia)
• adult children dealing with parental divorce (Italy)
• exploring culture in practice (United Kingdom and India)
• fathers who make a difference (Argentina)
• sex avoidance among young couples (Israel)
• working toward triadic communication with problematic families (Japan)
• and much more!

For decades, Dr. Florence Kaslow has been an active practitioner, editor, author, teacher, and researcher. Family Therapy Around the World: A Festschrift for Florence W. Kaslow represents a small sampling of the effect her work has had on the family therapy community across the globe.

About this title

About the Author

LITA LINZER SCHWARTZ, PhD, ABPP, is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the Pennsylvania State University. She has authored or coauthored 14 previous books, including Mid-Life Divorce Counseling and Alternatives to Infertility.

FLORENCE W. KASLOW, PhD, ABPP, is Director of the Florida Couples and Family Institute. She is past president of the Family Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, and of the International Family Therapy Association, former editor of the Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy, and author or editor of 15 previous books, and over 140 articles and book chapters.

Review

A FITTING AND FASCINATING TRIBUTE to Florence Kaslow . . . focused on the professional but infused with the personal. -- Dorothy S. Becvar, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor, School of Social Service, St. Louis University

Clinicians, family science researchers, policy makers, educators, and students in many disciplines will all benefit from this rich book. -- Jerry Gale, PhD, Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Doctoral Program, Department of Child and Family Development, The University of Georgia, Athens

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0789025140
• ISBN 13: 9780789025142
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 278