Normal Family Processes, Fourth Edition: Growing Diversity and Complexity
Froma Walsh ; Chicago Center For Family Health United States)
Language: English
Published by Guilford Publications, 2012
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Widely adopted, this valued course text and practitioner guide has expanded the understanding of family normality and healthy functioning in our increasingly diverse society. The editor and contributors are at the forefront of research and clinical training. They describe the challenges facing contemporary families and ways in which clinicians can promote resilience. With consideration of sociocultural and developmental influences, chapters identify key family processes that nurture and sustain strong bonds in couples; dual-earner, divorced, single-parent, remarried, adoptive, and kinship care families; gay and lesbian families; culturally diverse families; and those coping with adversity, such as trauma, poverty, and chronic illness. New to This Edition *Reflects important research advances and the changing contexts of family life. *Additional chapter topics: kinship care, family rituals, evidence-based assessment, and neurobiology. *All chapters have been fully updated.
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- Title
- Normal Family Processes, Fourth Edition: Growing Diversity and Complexity
- Author
- Froma Walsh ; Chicago Center For Family Health United States)
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1462502555
- ISBN 13
- 9781462502554
- Edition
- 4th Edition
Widely adopted, this valued course text and practitioner guide has expanded the understanding of family normality and healthy functioning in our increasingly diverse society. The editor and contributors are at the forefront of research and clinical training. They describe the challenges facing contemporary families and ways in which clinicians can promote resilience. With consideration of sociocultural and developmental influences, chapters identify key family processes that nurture and sustain strong bonds in couples; dual-earner, divorced, single-parent, remarried, adoptive, and kinship care families; gay and lesbian families; culturally diverse families; and those coping with adversity, such as trauma, poverty, and chronic illness.
New to This Edition
*Reflects important research advances and the changing contexts of family life.
*Additional chapter topics: kinship care, family rituals, evidence-based assessment, and neurobiology.
*All chapters have been fully updated.
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About the Author
Froma Walsh, MSW, PhD, is the Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and the Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Chicago Center for Family Health. Dr. Walsh is an internationally respected clinical scholar and a foremost authority on family resilience. Integrating developmental, relational, sociocultural, and spiritual perspectives, her resilience-oriented systemic approach with individuals, couples, and families fosters healing and positive adaptation. She is past editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and past president of the American Family Therapy Academy. Dr. Walsh is the recipient of many honors for distinguished contributions to theory, research, and practice, including the Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association and awards from the American Family Therapy Academy, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Orthopsychiatric Association, and the Society for Pastoral Counseling Research. She is a frequent speaker and consultant internationally, and her books have been translated into many languages.
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