ABSTRACT
First published in 1984. This is the first book in the mental health field to examine the complex phenomenon of the single-parent family from a systems perspective and to offer a clinical approach based on that expanded perspective.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|85 pages
Basics in Theory and Practice
chapter 1|24 pages
The Single-Parent Family: Myth and Reality
chapter 2|13 pages
The Theoretical Perspective: A Systems Approach
chapter 3|9 pages
From Intake to Initial Interview
chapter 4|37 pages
The Initial Interview as a Microcosm of Therapy
part Section II|193 pages
Case Studies
part A|120 pages
Issues of Desertion, Marriage, Divorce, and Deatth
chapter 5|19 pages
In Search of a Missing Parent
chapter 6|49 pages
An Unfinished Marriage
chapter 7|26 pages
An Unfinished Divorce
chapter 8|24 pages
Death in the Family
part B|71 pages
Transitions
chapter 9|22 pages
Breaking With the Past to Make a New Life
chapter 10|18 pages
Letting Go of a Daughter to Face the Future
chapter 11|29 pages
A Change of Custody
part Section III|84 pages
The Single-Parent Family at the Interface With Society
