Aimed primarily at clinicians who are required to find ways to interrupt patterns of destructive behaviour in couples and families, this text provides a compilation of multi-disciplinary techniques and flexible strategies to accomplish 14 major therapeutic tasks.

Yvonne Rountree, Robert Sherman, Paul Oresky

Chapter 1 An Integrative Therapeutic Model for Change; Chapter 2 The Art of Encouragement; Chapter 3 Joining; Chapter 4 Taking on the Opposition; Chapter 5 Boundaries; Chapter 6 Don't Forget the Children; Chapter 7 Winning Over the Adolescent; Chapter 8 Intimacy; Chapter 9 Once Upon A Time; Chapter 10 Who's The Fairest Of Them All?; Chapter 11 Avoiding And Repairing Hurts And Grievances; Chapter 12 Defusing And Redirecting The Power Play; Chapter 13 Hogging Center Stage; Chapter 14 Hands Off; Chapter 15 Grief Work;