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Book reviewed in this article: TREATING OF COUPLES: THE INTERSYSTEM MODEL OF THE MARRIAGE COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA . Gerald R. Weeks (ed.). PLANNING HAPPY FAMILIES . (Kit and book). Constance Jenkins. BETWEEN GIVE AND TAKE: A CLINICAL GUIDE TO CONTEXTUAL THERAPY . Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy and Barbara R. Krasner. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON TRIAL , Psychological and Legal Dimensions of Family Violence. Edited by Daniel J. Sonkin. THE LAST TABOO: SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN . Gay Search. SIBLINGS IN THERAPY : Life Span and Clinical Issues. Edited by Michael D. Kahn and Karen Gail Lewis. TURNING POINTS: TREATING FAMILIES IN TRANSITION AND CRISIS . Frank S. Pittman III MODERN CLINICAL HYPNOSIS FOR HABIT CONTROL . Charles M. Citrenbaum, Mark E. King & William I. Cohen OVERCOMING NECK AND BACK PAIN . Peter Watson. HUMANISING THE NARCISSISTIC STYLE . Stephen M. Johson. IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS: A New Direction In Psychotherapy . William Hudson O'Hanlon & Michele Weiner-Davis. PASSIONS WITHIN REASON: The Strategic Role of the Emotions . Robert H. Frank. SELF PSYCHOLOGY IN CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK . Miriam Elson. LAW FOR THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST . Robert G. Meyer, E. Rhett Landis & J. Ray Hays.     

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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: HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA. Edited by David M. Garner and Paul E. Garfinkel. SUPERVISION AND TRAINING — MODELS, DILEMMAS AND CHALLENGES. Edited by Florence W. Kaslow. DEFEATING DEPRESSION. Tony Lake. Penguin IN THE CHILD'S BEST INTEREST? DIVORCE COURT WELFARE AND THE SEARCH FOR A SETTLEMENT. C. Clulow and C. Vincent. STRESS — THEORY AND PRACTICE. Michael King, Gordon Stanley and Graham Burrows. YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING HOME IN AUSTRALIA. The Trend Towards Independence. Christabel Young. JEALOUSY. Peter Van Sommers. INTEGRATED FAMILY THERAPY — A PROBLEM-CENTRED PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH. David Will and Robert M. Wrate. THE ROLE OF DRUG TREATMENTS FOR EATING DISORDERS. Edited by Paul E. Garfinkel and David M. Garner.     

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.     

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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: 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: 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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ADOPTION WISDOM: A GUIDE TO THE ISSUES AND FEELINGS OF ADOPTION. Russell, Marlou. Santa Monica, CA: Broken Branch Productions, 1996, 204 pp., ISBN 1-888511-12-5, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Tracy Simonson.

CHILDREN IN LONG-TERM FOSTER CARE: EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. McAuley, Colette. Aldershot: Avebury, 1996, 196 pp., ISBN 1-85972-252-0, $59.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.     

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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: CLINICAL INTERVIEWS WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS . Phillip Barker. LIFEMATES — THE LOVE FITNESS PROGRAM FOR A LASTING RELATIONSHIP . Harold Bloomfield & Sirah Vettese. SEPARATION, DIVORCE AND AFTER . Imogen McNamara and Jenny Morrison. COLLECTED PAPERS . David Epston. RESOLVING PROBLEMS IN COUPLES AND FAMILY THERAPY: TECHNIQUES AND TACTICS . R. Sherman, P. Orsky, Y. Rountree.     

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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: SCAPEGOATING IN FAMILIES: INTERGENERATIONAL PATTERNS OF PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE . Vimala Pillari. PATTERNS OF INFIDELITY AND THEIR TREATMENT . Emily M. Brown. FAMILIES UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Changing alcoholic patterns . Michael Elkin. LOSS OF THE GOOD AUTHORITY: The Cause of Delinquency . Pitt-Aikens, T., and Ellis, A.T. London SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS: A GUIDE TO TREATMENT . Joseph Nowinski. HELP AT LAST: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO COPING WITH CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT MEN . Edward Kaufman. TO AND FRO CHILDREN: A guide to successful parenting after divorce . Burrett, J., Allen & Unwin     

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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)