Couples and family therapists have long known that intrapersonal difficulties are played out in, and exacerbated by, problems in interpersonal relationships. Despite the clinical importance of identifying and treating dysfunctional relationship patterns, traditional classification schemes - like the DSM-IV and ICD - have long neglected the relational component of mental health. In this study, family clinicians and researchers present a clinically-based typology of relational disorders. They examine the role of diagnosis in couples and family therapy, and offer clinical criteria for diagnosing...

Acclaim for Painful Partings . . .

"A rare triple threat book--for professionals, students, and laypersons. Sensitive--wise--comprehensive, Schwartz and Kaslow's work represents a maturing of a realistic stance toward divorce." --William C. Nichols, EdD, ABPP Atlanta, Georgia

"This articulate, compassionate, and informed book is essential reading for all therapists who work with divorced or divorcing families. Scholarly, yet readable, its developmental framework gives coherence to an often confusing area of practice." --Augustus Y. Napier, PhD Director, The Family...

Now available in paperback. The Cognitive/Behavioral/Functional model is a landmark that combines established and cutting-edge authors and issues, as well as integrating material for both novice and experienced theorists, researchers, and practitioners. In this volume, international authors, many of whom are pioneers in their approach, illustrate issues clearly and apply them to diverse populations. Chapters in supervision and ethical issues provide unique and valuable perspectives.

Now available in paperback.

In this volume, theoretical frames, modalities, and applications are examined for Interpersonal/Humanistic/Existential psychotherapy. Topics range from "Culturally Sensitive Psychotherapy with Children" to "Spiritually Sensitive Therapy" and "Existential Treatment with HIV/AIDS clients."

Now available in paperback. This important volume illustrates the many ways in which different theoretical models are integrated to better serve clients. Contributors to this volume provide state-of-the-art coverage of what is currently being done, and in what direction future conceptualization, research, and practice are likely to proceed in Integrative/Eclectic therapy.

Schwartz (professor emerita, Pennsylvania State U., Abington) and Kaslow (Florida Couples and Family Institute) are co-authors of The Dynamics of Divorce and Painful Partings, and, between them, author or editor of 40 books, and numerous book chapters and scholarly articles. For those considering a

Examine the pros and cons of nontraditional adoption
Welcome Home An International and Nontraditional Adoption Reader is an essential guide to the process, pros, and cons of adopting children from outside the United States, with special needs, and/or from a different racial/cultural background. The book documents every aspect of the adoption procedure--from working with "facilitators," adoption agencies, and attorneys to mixed reactions over a child's possible loss of heritage as the result of a transracial or multicultural adoption. Parents and adoptees offer unique, firsthand...

Challenging methods of training, consultation, and supervision--predicated on different ideas about how people learn most effectively--are highlighted in this exceptional volume. Distinguished educator Florence W. Kaslow has compiled new concepts and state-of-the-art approaches that greatly enhance our understanding of the process whereby good professionals become better professionals. Both direct and indirect training methodologies are discussed, and a variety of dynamic, behavioral, and eclectic approaches to the supervision of individual, group, and family therapies are described.