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Book reviewed in this article: BEYOND THE DOUBLE BIND : Communication and Family Systems, Theories, and Techniques with Schizophrenics. Milton. M. Berger (Ed). THE LANGUAGE OF CHANGE: ELEMENTS OF THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION Paul Watzlawick ADULTS AND THEIR PARENTS IN FAMILY THERAPY: A NEW DIRECTION IN TREATMENT Lee Headley FAMILY AND MARITAL PSYCHOTHERAPY — A CRITICAL APPROACH Edited by Sue Walrond Skinner     

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Book reviewed in this article: “FAMILIES AND HOW TO SURVIVE THEM” . Robin Skynner and John Cleese ADLERIAN FAMILY COUNSELLING . O. Christensen, T. Shramski (eds.) DEATH AND THE FAMILY. THE IMPORTANCE OF MOURNING . Lily Pincus Faber and Faber BEHIND THE FAMILY MASK: THERAPEUTIC CHANGE IN RIGID FAMILY SYSTEMS . Maurizio Andolphi, Claudio Angelo, Paolo Menghi and Anna Maria Nincolo-Corigliano FAMILY THERAPY SUPERVISION: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PRACTICE . Rosemary Whiffen and John Byng-Hall (Eds)     

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Book reviewed in this article: ERICKSONIAN APPROACHES TO HYPNOSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY . (1982) Ed. J.K. Zeig FAMILY THERAPY AND FAMILY MEDICINE: TOWARDS THE PRIMARY CARE OF FAMILIES . (1983) Wiliam J. Doherty and Macaran A. Baird THE ROCKING OF THE CRADLE AND THE RULING OF THE WORLD . Dorothy Dinnerstein     

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Book reviewed in this article: ETHICAL ISSUES IN FAMILY THERAPY . Sue Walrond-Skinner and David Watson (eds.) THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN . Judith Ennew. THE CHILD MOLESTER: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO EVALUATION AND TREATMENT . George W. Barnard, A. Kenneth Fuller, Lynn Robbins TREATMENT OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS WITH ERICKSONIAN APPROACHES . Stephen R. Lankton and Jeffery K. Zeig. SYSTEMS OF FAMILY THERAPY : An Adlerian Integration. Robert Sherman and Don Dinkmeyer. COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY WITH FAMILIES . Norman Epstein, Stephen E. Schlesinger and Wendy Dryden. PARENTAL GRIEF: SOLACE AND RESOLUTION . Dennis Klass. SOFTLY MY GRIEF . Ann McDonald. TREATMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: REVISED FOR THE DSM-III-R . William H. Reid. CLINICAL HANDBOOK OF MARITAL THERAPY . Neil S. Jacobsen & Alan S. Gurman. DANCING WITH THE FAMILY : A Symbolic-Experiential Approach. Carl A. Whitaker and William M. Bumberry. THE HALFWAY HOUSE: ON THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE . Sylvia L. Golomb & Andrea Kocsis     

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Book reviewed in this article: CORRUPTING THE YOUNG AND OTHER STORIES OF A FAMILY THERAPIST : Tesse and Moshe Lang YOUNG CHILDREN IN FAMILY THERAPY : Joan J. Zilbach BEATING SNEAKY POO. IDEAS FOR FAECAL SOILING : Terry Heins and Karen Richie CULTS AND THE FAMILY : Florence Kaslow and Marvin B. Sussman (eds.) SURVIVING SCHIZOPHRENIA: A FAMILY MANUAL : E. Fuller Torrey ORDEAL THERAPY: UNUSUAL WAYS TO CHANGE BEHAVIOUR : Jay Haley     

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Book reviewed in this article: CHILDREN AND FAMILY PROBLEMS: BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN . Compiled by Nadia Wheatley CHILDREN AND FAMILY PROBLEMS: BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE . Compiled by Nadia Wheatley OTTO LEARNS ABOUT HIS MEDICINE: A STORY ABOUT MEDICATION FOR HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN . Matthew Galvin ROBBIE REALLY TRANSFORMS: A STORY ABOUT GROWN-UPS HELPING CHILDREN . Matthew Galvin IGNATIUS FINDS HELP: A STORY ABOUT PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CHILDREN . Matthew Galvin THIS IS ME AND MY TWO FAMILIES: A SELF AWARENESS SCRAPBOOK/JOURNAL FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH TWO FAMILIES . Marla D. Evans DON'T FEEL THE WORLD IS CAVING IN . Rosemary Dunlop and Ailsa Burns WHEN LIVING HURTS — DIRECTIVES FOR TREATING DEPRESSION . Michael Yapko FAMILY RESOURCES: THE HIDDEN PARTNER IN FAMILY THERAPY . Karpel, M.A. (Ed.) SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS . Edited by Gerald L. Klerman MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY . Callan, V.J. and Noller, P. THE “SISSY BOY SYNDROME” AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOMOSEXUALITY . Richard Green THE SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY . Benjamin Wolman     

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Book reviewed in this article: ON DIAGNOSIS — A SYSTEMIC APPROACH , Michael L. Glenn DESTINY OBSCURE: AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION AND FAMILY FROM THE 1820s TO THE 1920s John Burnett (ed.) DIFFERENTIAL THERAPEUTICS IN PSYCHIATRY: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TREATMENT SELECTION by Alan Frances, John Clarkin and Samuel Perry     

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Book reviewed in this article: FAMILY THERAPY: An Overview by Irene Goldenberg and Herbert Goldenberg MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY , 2nd Edition, by Ira D. Glick, M.D., and David R. Kessler, M.D. THE FAMILY IS THE PATIENT: AN APPROACH TO BEHAVIOURAL PAEDIATRICS FOR THE CLINICIAN by Bayard W. Allmond, Jr., M.D., Wilma Buckman, M.A., M.S.W., and Helen F. Gofman, M.D. FAMILY THERAPY OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE , Edward Kaufman and Pauline N. Kaufman (Editors) THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER . A Book About Achieving Happy Endings in Coupling. Leslie Cameron-Bandler     

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Book reviewed in this article: THE DREAM OF REALITY: Heinz von Foerster's Constructivism . Lynn Segal. TALES OF ENCHANTMENT: Goal-Oriented Metaphors . Carol H. Lankton & Stephen R. Lankton. HELPING FAMILIES: Systems, Residential and Agency Responsibility . Peter Bruggen and Dennis O'Brien. Faber & Faber HEALING THE INCEST WOUND: ADULT SURVIVORS IN THERAPY . Christina A. Courtois. CLUES: INVESTIGATING SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF THERAPY . Steve de Shazer. FOCUS ON YOUR FAMILY . Sandra Nevezie and Jan Marsh. Longman Paul UNDERSTANDING MAJOR MENTAL DISORDER: THE CONTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INTERACTION RESEARCH . Kurt Hahlweg and Michael Goldstein (eds.). MEN AND DIVORCE . Michael F. Myers.     

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Book reviewed in this article: A FAMILY IN THERAPY . Peter McCallum & Moshe Lang. MADNESS AND CURE . Robert Langs. PERSONALITY DISORDERS : Diagnosis, Management and Course. Peter Tyrer. SOCIAL LEARNING AND SYSTEMS APPROACHES TO MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY . Ray DeV. Peters & Robert J. McMahon (Eds.). STRUCTURED ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES . Luciano L'Abate and Steven E. Weinstein. CASEBOOK: Structured Enrichment Programs for Couples and Families . Edited by Luciano L'Abate and Linda Young, Brunner/Mazel TEENAGERS: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THEM . Terry Colling and Janet Vickers. THE DYNAMICS OF DIVORCE — A LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVE. Florence Kaslow and Lita Schwartz. TOWARD A NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN . Jean Baker Miller. MY SISTER'S CHILD : Maggie and Linda Kirkman Their Own Story. Maggie Kirkman and Linda Kirkman.     

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Book reviewed in this article: HEALING THE HURT CHILD: A DEVELOPMENTAL-CONTEXTUAL APPROACH . Donovan, D.M. & McIntyre, D. BREAKING THE SILENCE: Art Therapy with Children from Violent Homes. Cathy A. Malchiodi. INTEGRATING INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY THERAPY . Larry B. Feldman. MEANING-MAKING: THERAPEUTIC PROCESSES IN ADULT DEVELOPMENT . Mary Baird Carlsen. FAMILY-OF-ORIGIN THERAPY: AN INTERGENERATIONAL APPROACH . James L. Framo. WORKING WITH THE PROBLEM DRINKER . Insoo Kim Berg and Scott D. Miller. LIFESKILLS HELPING: A Textbook of Practical Counselling and Helping Skills . Richard Nelson-Jones. EXISTENTIAL/DIALETICAL MARITAL THERAPY: breaking the secret code of marriage . Israel Charney.     

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Book reviewed in this article: FAMILY INTERACTION AND FAMILY THERAPY IN CHILDHOOD PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASE. Per A. Gustafsson. STORIES FOR THE THIRD EAR: Using Hypnotic Fables in Psychotherapy. Lee Wallas. HUMAN RELATIONSHIP SKILLS: Training and self-help. Richard Nelson-Jones. PSYCHOTHERAPY TRADECRAFT: The technique and style of doing therapy. Theodore H. Blau THE COMPLEX SECRET OF BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY. James Paul Gustafson. THE FREUDIAN METAPHOR: Toward Paradigm Change in Psychoanalysis. Donald P. Spence. WOMEN IN FAMILIES: A Framework for Family Therapy. Monica McGoldrick, Carol M. Anderson & Froma Walsh. FAMILY EVALUATION. Michael E. Kerr & Murray Bowen. SECOND MARRIAGE: Make it Happy! Make it Last.! Richard B. Stuart & Barbara Jacobson. FAMILY INTERVENTION THROUGHOUT CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DISABILITY. Paul W. Power, Arthur E. Dell Orto & Martha Blechar Gibbons (Eds.).     

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Book reviewed in this article: FROM PSYCHE TO SYSTEM: THE EVOLVING THERAPY OF CARL WHITAKER . Neill J.R. and Kniskern D.P. ETHNICITY AND FAMILY THERAPY . McGoldrick, M., Pearce, J.K. & Giordano, J. (eds.) FAMILY THERAPY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA . Edited by William McFarlane TREATING THE REMARRIED FAMILY . By: Clifford J. Sager, Hollis Steer Brown, Helen Crohn, Tamara Engel, Evelyn Rodstein, Libby Walker     

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Book reviewed in this article: INVITATIONS TO RESPONSIBILITY : The therapeutic engagement of men who are violent and abusive. Alan Jenkins. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND FAMILY THERAPY : A discussion of the work of The Family Centre, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Charles Waldegrave (with commentaries by Carmel Tapping). CLINICAL PRACTICE IN ADOPTION . Robin C. Winkler, Dirck W. Brown, Margaret van Kepple and Amy Blanchard. AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND THE FAMILY: ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT . John F. Clarkin, Gretchen L. Haas and Ira D. Glick (Eds.). THE CHILDREN IN OUR TIMES: STUDIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCY . Timothy F. Dugan and Robert Coles (Eds.). TIME-LIMITED INTERMITTENT THERAPY WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES . Thomas Kreilkamp.     

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Book reviewed in this article: MODELS OF INFLUENCE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY . Patrick Pentony. NORMAL FAMILY PROCESSES . Edited by Froma Walsh THE STRENGTH OF FAMILY THERAPY . Selected Papers of Nathan Ackerman. Edited by Donald Bloch and Robert Simon. PSYCHOTHERAPY, INSIGHT AND STYLE . Len Bergantino. Allyn & Bacon     

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Book reviewed in this article: SOURCEBOOK OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY EVALUATION . Luciano L'Abate & Dennis Bagarozzi COUPLE THERAPY: A HANDBOOK . Edited by Douglas Hooper & Windy Dryden. BETWEEN THERAPIST AND CLIENT: THE NEW RELATIONSHIP . Michael Kahn. FINISHING WELL: Aging and Reparation in the Intergenerational Family . Terry D. Hargrave and William T. Anderson. ALCOHOLISM AND THE FAMILY . Edited by Satoru Saitoh, Peter Steinglass & Marc A. Schuckit. COPING WITH INFANT OR FETAL LOSS: The Couple's Healing Process . Kathleen R. Gilbert and Laura S. Smart. THE FILTHY LIE: Discovering and Recovering from Child Sexual Abuse . Hellmut Karle. FACE VALUE: The Kay Nesbit Story . Bill Birnbauer.     

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Book reviewed in this article: FAMILY FORMATION AND ETHNICITY : Siew-Ean Khoo THE SIBLING BOND : Stephen P. Bank and Michael D. Kahn APPLICATIONS OF SYSTEMIC FAMILY THERAPY — The Milan Approach . Edited by David Campbell and Rosalind Draper. HUNGER STRIKE: The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for Our Age : Susie Orbach GENOGRAMS IN FAMILY ASSESSMENT : Monica McGoldrick and Randy Gerson     

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LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY REMAINS UNDOMESTICATED. SAPPHO GOES TO LAW SCHOOL: FRAGMENTS IN LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY. Robson, Ruthann. NY: Columbia University Press, 1998, 303 pp., $17.50 paper, ISBN 0-231-10561-4; $49.50 cloth, ISBN 0-231-10560-6. Reviewed by Martha T. Zingo.

TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT POLITICS, THE INTERLOCKING NATURE OF OPPRESSIONS, RESISTANCE AND THE VALUE OF BLACK LESBIAN LIVES. THE TRUTH THAT NEVER HURTS: WRITINGS ON RACE, GENDER, AND FREEDOM, Smith, Barbara. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Kim Vaz.

LESBIAN COUPLES ARE FAMILIES, TOO. THE LESBIAN FAMILY LIFE CYCLE (2nd Ed.). Slater, Suzanne. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, Hardcover, $25.00; Paperback, $14.95. Reviewed by Anna Myers.

THE MANY FACES OF ANNE. FEMALE FORTUNE: LAND, GENDER AND AUTHORITY: THE ANNE LISTER DIARIES AND OTHER WRITINGS 1833-36. Liddington, Jill. New York: Rivers Oram Press, 1998, $50. Reviewed by Mary Eichbauer.

THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION: EMBRACING A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE. LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL IDENTITIES IN FAMILIES: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES. Patterson, Charlotte J., and Anthony R. D'Augelli (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Phillip Hammack.

TRU ADVENTURES. CHIMNEY ROCK BLUES. McClellan, Janet. Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Ann E. Maloney.

WIDENING THE LENS. MARGARET MEAD AND RUTH BENEDICT: THE KINSHIP OF WOMEN. Lapsley, Hilary. University of Massachusetts Press, 1999, $39.95 cloth. Reviewed by Kimberly F. Balsam.

GAY AND LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS: COMMITMENT, CEREMONIES, AND MARRIAGE. FROM THIS DAY FORWARD: COMMITMENT, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY IN LESBIAN AND GAY RELATIONSHIPS. Stiers, Gretchen A. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, $24.95. Reviewed by Robin E. Roy.

ROMANCING THE GENERATION GAP. DAWN OF THE DANCE. Martin, Marianne K. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. SILVER THREADS. Denison, Lyn. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Margaret Soenser Breen.     

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Book reviewed in this article: HANDBOOK OF FAMILY THERAPY Edited by Alan S. Gurman and David P. Kniskern FAMILY THERAPY TECHNIQUES : by Salvador Minuchin and H. Charles Fishman ON THE SIDE OF THE CHILD : by Peter Boss HELPING COUPLES CHANGE: A Social Learning Approach to Marital Therapy : by Richard B. Stuart     

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Book reviewed in this article: IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS — A NEW DIRECTION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY . William Hudson O'Hanlon and Michele Weiner-Davis. THE COUPLE'S HYPNOTIC DANCE . Creating Ericksonian Strategies in Marital Therapy. Carol J. Kershaw. BEYOND THE MYTHS: Mother-Daughter Relationships in Psychology, History, Literature and Everyday Life . Shelley Phillips. COGNITIVE THERAPY AND THE EMOTIONAL DISORDERS . Aaron T. Beck. COGNITIVE THERAPY WITH COUPLES . Frank M. Dattilio and Christine A. Padesky. TREATMENT OF FAMILY VIOLENCE: A SOURCE BOOK . Edited by R.T. Ammerman and M. Hersen.