Book Reviews

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: EXPERIENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPIES IN AUSTRALIA : Edited by Dick Armstrong and Phill Boas MARITAL THERAPY: STRATEGIES BASED UPON SOCIAL LEARNING AND BEHAVIOUR EXCHANGE PRINCIPLES by Jacobson, Neil S. and Margolin, Gayla THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE: A FRAME WORK FOR FAMILY THERAPY . Edited by Elizabeth A. Carter and Monica McGoldrick NETWORKING FAMILIES IN CRISIS : by Uri Rueveni THE FAMILY — EVALUATION AND TREATMENT . Edited by Charles K. Hofling and Jerry M. Lewis     

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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: 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: LITERATE MEANS TO THERAPEUTIC ENDS. Michael White and David Epston THE MYTH OF ATLAS: FAMILIES AND THE THERAPEUTIC STORY. Maurizio Andolfi, Claudio Angelo and Marcella de Nichilo MARRIAGE COUNSELLING IN AUSTRALIA — An Evaluation. Ilene Wolcott and Helen Glezer COMMUNITY CHILD HEALTH: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE. Graham Vimpani and Trevor Parry (eds.) FAMILY RECONSTRUCTION: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO THE LIGHT. William F. Nerin WHY DID I MARRY YOU? Warwick Hartin PERSONAL, MARITAL, AND FAMILY MYTHS: THEORETICAL FORMULATIONS AND CLINICAL STRATEGIES. Dennis A. Bagarozzi and Stephen A. Anderson SEXUAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (1989). Bruce Rollins THE SOCIAL COSTS OF INADEQUATE LITERACY: A REPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL LITERACY YEAR. Robyn Hartley     

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Book reviewed in this article: “ THE FAMILY IN AUSTRALIA : Social, Demographic and Psychological Aspects”, Jerzy Krupinski and Alan Stoller (Eds.); “ PSYCHOSOMATIC FAMILIES — ANOREXIA NERVOSA IN CONTEXT ” by Salvador Minuchin, Bernice L. Rosman, Lester Baker. “ PARADOX AND COUNTERPARADOX : A New Model in the Therapy of the Family in Schizophrenic Transaction” by Mara Selvini Palazzoli, Gianfranco Cecchin, Giuiana Prata, Luigi Boscolo and Jason Aronson “ THE FAMILY CRUCIBLE ” The Intense Experience of Family Therapy by Augustus Napier and Carl Whitaker.     

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Book reviewed in this article: SYSTEMS CONSULTATION: A new perspective for family therapy . Edited by Lyman C. Wynne, Susan H. McDaniel and Timothy T. Weber STRUCTURAL-STRATEGIC MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY . John D. Friesen HANDBOOK OF MEASUREMENTS FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY . N. Fredman and R. Sherman. FAILURES IN FAMILY THERAPY . Edited by Sandra B. Coleman. A THEORY OF FAMILY SYSTEMS . Norman J. Ackerman USING DRAWINGS IN ASSESSMENT AND THERAPY . A guide for mental health professionals. Gerald D. Oster and Patricia Gould. FAMILIES AND OTHER SYSTEMS . Edited by John Schwartzman.     

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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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Book reviewed in this article: THE FAMILY IN CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. Sidney Bloch, Julian Hafner, Edwin Harari, and George Szmukler. INTERNAL CONSULTANCY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. Case studies. Edited by C. Huffington and H. Brunning. TALES AND TRANSFORMATIONS. Stories in Families and Family Therapy. Janine Roberts. ISBN 0 393701743.     

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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     

Independent Comment on Local and International Publications

TRAVELS IN THE TRENCH BETWEEN CHILD WELFARE THEORY AND PRACTICE: A Case Study of Failed Promise and Prsopects for Renewal. George Thomas. SECRETS IN FAMILIES AND FAMILY THERAPY.: Imber-Black, E. (Ed.). EARTH ANGELS. Engaging the sacred in everyday things. Shaun McNiff. SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE. Principles of Treatment. Colin A. Ross.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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: MARRIAGE AND MENTAL ILLNESS: A SEX ROLES PERSPECTIVE . R. Julian Hafner. VIOLENCE IN THE HOME: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES . Edited by Mary Lystad. THE NEW MOTHER SYNDROME — COPING WITH POSTNATAL STRESS AND DEPRESSION . Carol Dix. Allen & Unwin KEYS TO SOLUTION IN BRIEF THERAPY . Steve De Shazer. W. W. Norton FACING SHAME: FAMILIES IN RECOVERY . Merle A. Fossum and Marilyn J. Mason. FISHING FOR BARRACUDA: PRAGMATICS OF BRIEF SYSTEMIC THERAPY . Joel S. Bergman. MEN'S CHANGING ROLES IN THE FAMILY . Edited by Robert A. Lewis and Marvin B. Sussman.     

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Book reviewed in this article: HOPE UNDER SIEGE: TERROR AND FAMILY SUPPORT IN CHILE . Michelle Klevens Ritterman SURVIVING SECRETS . Moira Walker. ALCOHOLISM AND THE FAMILY . Edited by Saturo Saitoh, Peter Steinglass and Marc Shuckit. HALF A MILLION WOMEN : Mothers who Lose Their Children by Adoption. David Howe, Phillida Sawbridge and Diana Hinings. BRINGING UP PARENTS . The Teenager's Handbook. Alex J. Packer.     

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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.