Strengthening family resilience

Description:

Based on the conviction that all families have the potential for repair and growth, this book offers a fresh alternative to clinicians' prevalent focus on family dysfunction. Drawing upon extensive clinical and research experience, Froma Walsh presents an innovative framework for therapeutic and preventive work with couples and families who are distressed, vulnerable, or at risk. Filled with suggestions for strength-promoting, collaborative interventions that can help family relationships rebound from the worst of times, the book provides important clinical insights for professionals and students in a range of mental health and human service settings. This volume is useful guide for family therapists and counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other social service and health care professionals. Its coverage of both theoretical and practical concerns also makes it an invaluable text for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level courses.

subjects: Resilience (Personality trait),  Mental health,  Family psychotherapy,  Family,  Problem families,  Family social work,  Families,  Families social work,  Families psychotherapy,  Dysfunctional families,  Thérapie familiale,  Élasticité (Trait de personnalité),  Santé mentale,  Familles inadaptées,  Service social familial,  Mental Disorders,  Famille,  Familiy Health,  Family, mental health