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Stepfamilies - A Multi-Dimensional Perspective (Hardcover)
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Stepfamilies - A Multi-Dimensional Perspective (Hardcover)
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Combining theoretical, empirical, and clinical knowledge,
Stepfamilies: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective contains recent
research and information that will help mental health
practitioners, family therapists, psychologists, and counselors
understand the characteristics, dynamics, needs, and issues of
nonclinical stepfamilies. Based on direct experiences with diverse
types of stepfamilies, this book gives you new guidelines and
strategies that will enable you to offer more successful sessions
to your clients and improve your effectiveness as a practitioner.
Developed to give you a more realistic understanding of
stepfamilies, this text helps you avoid the stereotypes and false
perceptions that often surround stepfamilies. Offering methods and
strategies aimed at making your clients feel comfortable about
themselves and their situations, Stepfamilies: A Multi-Dimensional
Perspective examines several aspects of these families that you
need to know in order to improve your effectiveness with them,
including: the definition and description of stepfamilies and
recognizing historical and social changes in the stepfamily
structure critical reviews on the present knowledge of stepfamilies
describing the complexity of family structure, the ambiguity of
boundaries and roles, and the struggle with the diverse phases of
the life cycle discussing key issues for stepfamilies, such as past
orientation and acceptance/rejection of differences from
non-stepfamilies and focal subsystems the profile, characteristics,
and case studies of an innovative typology of stepfamilies that
includes integrated families, invented families, and imported
families aspects of ethnically and culturally different
stepfamilies, including American stepfamilies, Israeli
stepfamilies, and immigrant stepfamilies from the former Soviet
Union social perceptions and attitudes of stepfamilies in schools,
social services, community organizations, the media, and with the
lawOffering case studies and data on a variety of families and
situations, Stepfamilies: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective will show
you that all stepfamilies are not the same and cannot be helped by
just one practice method. Complete with principles and instruments
to assess patients and the success of sessions, Stepfamilies: A
Multi-Dimensional Perspective works to promote an understanding of
stepfamilies that will result in effective and positive therapy for
your clients.
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