Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships

Description

Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships draws on current research, a wide variety of clinical modalities, and thirty years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe the special challenges stepfamilies face. The book presents the concept of “stepfamily architecture” and the five challenges it creates, and delineates three different levels of strategies―psychoeducation, building interpersonal skills, and intrapsychic work―for meeting those challenges in dozens of different settings.

The model is designed to be useful both to stepfamily members themselves and to a wide variety of practitioners, from a highly trained clinician who needs to know how and when to work on all three levels, to a school counselor or clergy person who may work on the first two levels but refer out for level three. It will also be useful to educators, judges, mediators, lawyers and medical personnel who will practice on the first level, but need to understand the other two to guide their work.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 18, 2013
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0415894387
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0415894388
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.56 x 9.02 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #122,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #143 in Medical Counseling #855 in Parenting (Books) #3,294 in Mental Health (Books)
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