Lays out the guiding principles that contribute to change in couple and family therapy training. Contains hands-on exercises to help professionals integrate Common Factors into their work and reflect on their own practice Presents practical strategies and exercises to build on readers' previously existing therapeutic skill set and help them practice more effectively

Lays out the guiding principles that contribute to change in couple and family therapy training. Contains hands-on exercises to help professionals integrate Common Factors into their work and reflect on their own practice Presents practical strategies and exercises to build on readers' previously existing therapeutic skill set and help them practice more effectively

The book provides theoretical insight and analysis of the power relations between women's activism, Islamist thought and praxis, and the Egyptian state (1970s to 1990s)' Contemporary feminist debates among women's NGOs are examined, and the different perceptions of gender roles among Islamist men and women are presented and contrasted. Three feminist streams are identified as both shaping and being shaped by, the dynamics of interaction between political Islam and state regimes.