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Family-centered policies & practices: international implications

Family-centered policies & practices: international implications




Review "This major contribution to the literature on family and public policy is highly recommended." -- "Choice" Rev...
Family communication

Family communication


Chris Segrin, Jeanne Flora



Review "Family Communication offers a thorough and up-to-date presentation of scientific research in family communication f...
Discovering Life Skills Student Edition

Discovering Life Skills Student Edition




Discovering Life Skills Student Edition...
Inside Anorexia: The Experiences of Girls and Their Families

Inside Anorexia: The Experiences of Girls and Their Families


Anne Honey, Christine Halse, Desiree Boughtwood



About the Author Dr Christine Halse is an Associate Professor in Education and Chief Investigator of the multi-disciplina...
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself


Melody Beattie



About the Author Beattie was a struggling single parent of two children and freelance author and journalist cranking out ...
The Brother-Sister Culture in Nineteenth-Century Literature: From Austen to Woolf

The Brother-Sister Culture in Nineteenth-Century Literature: From Austen to Woolf


Valerie Sanders



About the Author Valerie Sanders is Professor of English Literature, University of Hull. Previous publications include R...
Team-Spirited Parenting: 8 Essential Principles for Parenting Success

Team-Spirited Parenting: 8 Essential Principles for Parenting Success




Amazon.com Review Developing a cohesive, dynamic team requires a coach to commit his or her own time and talents "one hun...
Family Work for Schizophrenia, 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide

Family Work for Schizophrenia, 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide


Julian Leff, Dominic Lam, Elizabeth Kuipers



Family Work for Schizophrenia, 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide...
The Dilemmas of Family Wealth: Insights on Succession, Cohesion, and Legacy (Bloomberg)

The Dilemmas of Family Wealth: Insights on Succession, Cohesion, and Legacy (Bloomberg)


Judy Martel



Review “When the mountains of unread books on investing and estate planning are weighed against The Dilemmas of Fa...
Addict In The Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery.

Addict In The Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery.


Beverly Conyers



About the Author Beverly Conyers MA, (pseudonym) for editor and freelance writer, was born in Fairfield, California, rais...
Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know (Great Answers to Difficult Que)

Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know (Great Answers to Difficult Que)


Fanny Cohen Herlem



About the Author Fanny Cohen Herlem is a child psychiatrist and medical director of the adoption service, Doctors of the ...
The Forgotten Kin: Aunts and Uncles

The Forgotten Kin: Aunts and Uncles


Robert M. Milardo



Review "Robert Milardo has produced an excellent empirically based and theoretically informed study of the significance o...
The Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat: Connect and Celebrate--Bring Your Family Together with the Friday Night Meal

The Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat: Connect and Celebrate--Bring Your Family Together with the Friday Night Meal


Meredith L. Jacobs



About the Author A former director of media relations, Meredith L. Jacobs has spent the last decade creating programs and ...
Getting Past the Pain Between Us: Healing and Reconciliation Without Compromise (Nonviolent Communication Guides)

Getting Past the Pain Between Us: Healing and Reconciliation Without Compromise (Nonviolent Communication Guides)


Marshall B. Rosenberg



About the Author Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. is the internationally acclaimed author of Nonviolent Communication: A Lang...
A New Youth?: Young People, Generations And Family Life

A New Youth?: Young People, Generations And Family Life


Carmen Leccardi, Elisabetta Ruspini



About the Author Carmen Leccardi is Professor of Sociology of Culture, and Elisabetta Ruspini is Lecturer in Social Resea...
Multisystemic Therapy for Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents

Multisystemic Therapy for Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents


Charles M. Borduin, Melisa D. Rowland, Phillippe B. Cunningham, Scott W. Henggeler, Sonja K. Schoenwald



Review "Henggeler and his colleagues have broken new ground with this clear, detailed road map for implementing multisyst...
Interrogating Incest: Feminism, Foucault and the Law (Sociology of Law and Crime)

Interrogating Incest: Feminism, Foucault and the Law (Sociology of Law and Crime)


Vikki Bell



About the Author Vikki Bell is affiliated with Goldsmiths' College, University of London. ...
The Secret Currency of Love: The Unabashed Truth About Women, Money, and Relationships

The Secret Currency of Love: The Unabashed Truth About Women, Money, and Relationships


Hilary Black



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. While women have made enormous strides in their earning power and financial self-s...
Growing up with Parents who have Learning Difficulties

Growing up with Parents who have Learning Difficulties


Tim Booth



Review An extraordinarily good read ... credible, challenging and complex while remaining very readable. Such texts are c...
Men, Women, Love and Romance: Under the Covers of the Bedroom Revolution

Men, Women, Love and Romance: Under the Covers of the Bedroom Revolution


Stephen Whitehead



About the Author Stephen Whitehead is a lecturer at Keele University, where he researches and teaches on gender and ident...
Inbreeding, Incest, And The Incest Taboo: The State of Knowledge at the Turn of the Century

Inbreeding, Incest, And The Incest Taboo: The State of Knowledge at the Turn of the Century


Arthur P. Wolf



From the Inside Flap Is inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates naturally inclined to mate with their cl...
Family Investments in Children's Potential: Resources and Parenting Behaviors That Promote Success (Monographs in Parenting)

Family Investments in Children's Potential: Resources and Parenting Behaviors That Promote Success (Monographs in Parenting)


Ariel Kalil, Thomas Deleire



Review This collection would make valuable reading for those involved in policy making with regard to children's services, ...
Communication Among Grandmothers, Mothers, and Adult Daughters: A Qualitative Study of Maternal Relationships (Lea's Series on Personal Relationships)

Communication Among Grandmothers, Mothers, and Adult Daughters: A Qualitative Study of Maternal Relationships (Lea's Series on Personal Relationships)




Review "Congratulations to Michelle Miller-Day for writing a readable academic study...This book will appeal to those study...
Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families, Second Edition (The Guilford Family Therapy Series)

Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families, Second Edition (The Guilford Family Therapy Series)


William C. Madsen



Review "If you read this second edition, you are in serious danger of being inspired by Madsen's clear thinking and pract...
Telling Incest: Narratives of Dangerous Remembering from Stein to Sapphire

Telling Incest: Narratives of Dangerous Remembering from Stein to Sapphire


Devon Hodges, Janice Doane



Telling Incest: Narratives of Dangerous Remembering from Stein to Sapphire...
Guide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of People with Intellectual Disabilities

Guide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of People with Intellectual Disabilities


Anastasia Gratsa, Mary Jane Spiller, Nick Bouras, Steve Hardy, Theresa Joyce



Review Highly commended by the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) Positive Practices Awards in the L...
Family Psychology: The Art of the Science (Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Psychology)

Family Psychology: The Art of the Science (Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Psychology)


Jay L., Lebow, Pinsof, William M.



Review "Rather than simply castigating and discarding family interventions, professors and practitioners should expend th...
Surviving an Eating Disorder, Third Edition: Strategies for Family and Friends

Surviving an Eating Disorder, Third Edition: Strategies for Family and Friends


Judith Brisman, Margot Weinshel, Michele Siegel



About the Author Michele Siegel, Ph.D., initiated the idea for this book and was co-founder with Judith Brisman of the Eat...
Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication)

Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication)


Natasha Trethewey



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Trethewey opens her powerful meditation with "You can get there from here, though ...
Getting it Right the First Time: Creating a Healthy Marriage

Getting it Right the First Time: Creating a Healthy Marriage


Barryemily J. Mccarthy



Review Barry and Emily McCarthy alert us to a little known fact: the seeds of divorce are often planted in the first two ...