ABSTRACT

Examine a wide variety of divorce therapy approaches with this seminal book. Divorce Therapy is one of the first books to present a comprehensive approach to divorce therapy. Based on a foundation of theory and research about divorce, this landmark volume focuses on the help that psychotherapists can provide during the three stages of divorce--pre-divorce decision making, divorce restructuring, and post-divorce recovery. A distinguished array of researchers and clinicians address discuss mediation, criteria for a constructive divorce, remarriage, custody issues, and much more.

chapter |2 pages

Editorial Note

part |21 pages

Introducing This Volume and Divorce Stages as a Framework for Therapy

part |27 pages

Focus One: Divorce Decision-Making and Criteria for a Constructive Divorce

part |46 pages

Focus Two: Restructuring—Therapy for Children, Mediation, and Custody