ABSTRACT
Professionals who work with divorcing couples and their families will be inspired by this important book on effective clinical assessment and intervention. The book blends a variety of expert contributions--descriptive, theoretical, and empirical--into a practical handbook that focuses on resources for dealing with the anger and pain of parting spouses and disrupted childhoods. A rich array of clinically useful materials is provided. The book covers background theory, marital interaction, the definition of clinical dysfunctions in children of divorce, specific clinical features of childhood developmental levels, post-divorce reorganization, and models of group work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |55 pages
Background
part |30 pages
Dysfunctional Marital Patterns
part |52 pages
Defining the Range of Dysfunctional Patterns in Children
part |49 pages
Developmental Features in Children of Divorce
part |29 pages
Family Reorganization
part |43 pages
Group Treatment Models for Divorcing Populations