Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Abies, Billie S. in collaboration with Brandsma, Jeffrey M., Therapy for couples—A clinician's guide for effective treatment.
Carkhuff, Robert R. and Berenson, Bernard G., Beyond counseling and therapy .
Grunebaum, Henry and Christ, Jacob (Eds.) Contemporary marriage: Structure, dynamics, and therapy.
Guerney, Bernard G., Jr. Relationship enhancement .
Leslie, Gerald R. and Elizabeth M. Marriage in a changing world .
Libby, Roger W. & Whitehurst, Robert N. Marriage and its alternatives: Exploring intimate relationships .
Marko, Jane, Help: A guide to counseling and therapy without a hassle .
Olson, D. H. L. and Dahl, N. S. (Eds.) Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature .
Rosen, Hugh; Pathway to Piaget: A guide for clinicians, educators and developmentalists .
Strean, Herbert S., Crucial issues in psychotherapy .     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Kilgore, James E. Being a Man in a Woman's World .
Lasswell, Marcia & Lobsenz, Norman M. No-fault marriage: The new technique of self-counseling and what it can help you do .
Lewis, Jerry M., Beavers, W. Robert, Gossett, John T., & Phillipps, Virginia A. No single thread: Psychological health in family systems
Oaks, W. W., Melchiode, G. A., & Ficher, I. (Eds.) Sex and the Life Cycle .
Paul, Norman L. & Paul, Betty Byfield. A marital puzzle: Transgenerational analysis in marriage counseling .
Sager, Clifford J. Marriage contracts and couple therapy: Hidden forces in intimate relationships .     

REVIEWS

PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Goldenberg, I., & Goldenberg, H. (1991). Family therapy: An overview
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Horne, A. N., & Passmore, J. L. (Eds.). (1991). Family counseling and therapy
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Nichols, M. P., & Schwartz, R. C. (1991). Family therapy: Concepts and methods
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Hurvitz, N., & Straus, R. A. (1991). Marriage and family therapy: A sociocognitive approach.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Ducan B. L., solovey, A. D., & Rusk, G. S. (1992) Changing the rules: A client-directed approach to therapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Geller, J. (1992). Breaking destructive pattersn: Multiple strategies for treating partner abuse.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Cirillo, S., & DiBlasio, P. (1992). Families that abuse: Diagnosis and therapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Shenson, H. L. (1990). How to develop and promote successful seminars and workshops: The definitive guide to creating and marketing seminars, workshops, classes, and conferences.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Hudson, P. O. & O'Hanlon, W. H. (1991). Rewriting love stories: Brief marital therapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Loriedo, C., & Vella, G. (1992). Paradox and the family system.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Anton, L. H. (1992). Never to be a mother.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: West, M. G. (1992). If only were a better mother.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Burton, L. A. (Ed.). (1992). Religion and the family: When God helps.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Hare-Mustin, R. T., & Marecek, J. (Eds.). (1990). Marking a difference: Psychology and the construction of gender.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Gilligan, C., Rogers, A., & Tolman, D. (Eds.). (1991). Women, girls, and psychotherapy: Reframing resistance.
SOFTWARE: What a Family , 1.0. (1991). (Family-exploration software.)Ecola Design, P.O. Box 13402, Portland, OR, 97213, IBM, $29.00.     

Abstracts

Bennett, D., Fox, C, Jowell, T., & Skynner, A. C. R. Toward a family approach in a psychiatric day hospital.
Blechman, E. A., Olson, D. H. L., & Hellman, I. D. Stimulus control over family problem-solving behavior: The family contract game.
Butler, J. F. The toilet training success of parents after reading "Toilet Training in Less Than a Day."
Dell, P. F., & Appelbaum, A. S. Trigenerational enmeshment: Unresolved ties of single-parents to family of origin.
Kalter, N. Children of divorce in an outpatient psychiatric population.
Kelly, J. B., & Wallerstein, J. S. Divorce counseling: A community service for families in the midst of divorce.
Kelly, J. B., & Wallerstein, J. S. Brief interventions with children in divorcing families.
Klein, M. H. Feminist concepts of therapy outcome.
Krell, R., & Miles, J. E. Marital therapy of couples in which the husband is a physician.
Leiber, L., Plumb, M. M., Gerstenzang, M. L., & Holland, J. The communication of affection between cancer patients and their spouses.
Rubenstein, R. Briefing on inner space.
Strean, H. S. The extramarital affair: A psychoanalytic view.
Turkel, A. R. The impact of feminism on the practice of a woman analyst.
Wincze, J. P., Caird, W. K. The effects of systematic desensitization and video desensitization in the treatment of essential sexual dysfunction.
Wyatt, G. E., Strayer, R. G., & Lobitz, W. C. The treatment of sexually dysfunctioning couples of Afro-American descent.     

Abstracts

Friedman, P. H. Outline (alphabet) of 26 techniques of marital and family therapy: A through Z.
Fuchs, K., Abramovici, H., Hoch, Z., Timor-Tritsch, I. & Kleinhaus, M. Vaginismus—the hypno-therapeutic approach.
Goldberg, M. The uses of dreams in conjoint marital therapy.
Grunebaum, H. & Abernethy, V. Marital decision making as applied to family planning.
Hadley, T. R., Jacob, T., Milliones, J., Caplan, J., & Spitz, D. The relationship between family developmental crises and the appearance of symptoms in a family member.
Jacobs, M. & Whiteley, J. M. (Eds.). Sex counseling.
Leichter, E. & Schulman, G. L. Multi-family group therapy: a multidimensional approach.
McPherson, S. R., Brackelmanns, W. E., & Newman, L. E. Stages in the family therapy of adolescents.
Slipp, S., Ellis, S., & Kressel, K. Factors associated with engagement in family therapy.
Spark, G. Grandparents and intergenerational family therapy.
Weakland, J.H., Fisch, R., Watzlawick, P., & Bodin, A. M. Brief therapy: focused problems resolution.
Wilson, W. C. The distribution of selected sexual attitudes and behaviors among the adult population of the United States.     

Abstracts

Avery, A., Ridley, C, Leslie, L., and Milholland, T. Relationship Enhancement with Premarital Dyads: A Six-Month Followup. American Journal of Family Therapy , 1980, 8 , 3, 23–31.
Bader, E., Microys, G., Sinclair, C, Willett, E. and Conway, B. Do Marriage Preparation Programs Really Work: A Canadian Experiment. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy , 1980, 6 , 2, 171–179.
Hof, L., Epstein, N., and Miller, W. Integrating Attitudinal and Behavioral Change in Marital Enrichment. Family Relations , 1980, 29 , 241–248.
L'Abate, L. Screening Couples for Marital Enrichment Programs. American Journal of Family Therapy , 1980, 8 , 3, 74–77.
Nelson, R. C. and Friest, W. P. Marital Enrichment through Choice Awareness. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy , 1980, 6, 4, 399–407.
Wagner, V, Weeks, G. and L'Abate, L. Enrichment and Written Message with Couples. American Journal of Family Therapy , 1980, 8 , 3, 36–45.
Wampler, K. S., and Sprenkle, D. H., The Minnesota Couple Communication Program: A Follow-Up Study, Journal of Marriage and the Family, August , 1980, 42 , 3, 577–584.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this articles.
Aponte, H. (1994). Breat and spirit: Therapy with the new poor.
Westbrooks, K. L. (1995). Functional low-income families.
Parry, A., & Doan, R. E. (1994). Story re-visions: Narrative therapy in the postmodern world.
Hoyt, H. (Ed.). (1994). Constructive therapies.
Gould, B. B. & DeMuth, D. H. (1994). The global family therapist: Integrating the personal, professional and political.
Nichols, M., & Schwartz, R. (1995). Family therapy: Concepts and methods
Inger, I., & Inger, J. (1994). Creating an ethical position in family therapyu.
Ahrons, C. R. (1994). The good divorce: Keeping your family together when your marriage comes aparts.
Madanes, C., with Madanes, C. (1994). The secret meaning of money: How is binds together families in love envy, compassion, an anger.
Keller, H., & O'Brien, M. (1994). Marriage: Heart to heart questions to discuss before you say "I Do."
Kornhaber, A., & Forsyth, S. (1994). grandparent power! How to strengthen the vital connection among grandparents, parents, and children.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Gottman, John M., & Leiblum, Sandra R. How to do psychotherapy and how to evaluate it: A manual for beginners .
Nichols, William C., Jr., (Editor). Marriage and family therapy: A reader from NCFR journals .
Greenwald, Harold. Direct decision therapy .
Kaufman, Walter. Without guilt and justice: From decidophobia to autonomy     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this articles.
Broderick, C. (1993). Understanding family process: Basics of family systems theory.
Galanter, M. (1993). Network therapy for alcohol and drug abuse: a new approach in practice.
Freeman, E. M. (Ed.). (1993). Substance abuse treatment: A family systems perspective.
Chernick, B., & Chernick, N. (1992). In touch: The ladder to sexual satisfaction (rev. ed.).
Nardone, G., & Watzlawick, P. (1993). The are of change: Strategic hypnotherapy without trance.
Landau-Standon, J., & Clements, C. D. (1993). AIDS, health and mental health: a primary sourcebook.
Lukas, S. (1993). Where to start and what to ask: An assessment handbook.
Rambo, A. H. Heath, A., & Chenail, R. J. (1993). Practicing therapy: Exercises for growing therapists.
Griffin, W. A. (1993). Family therapy: Fundamentals fof theory and practice.
Linesch, D. (Ed.). (1993). Art therapy with families in crisis: Overcoming resistance through nonverbal expression.
Erickson, B. M. (1993). Helping men change: The role of the female therapist.
Inger, I. B., & Inger, J. (1992). Co-construcing therapeutic conversations: A consultation of resistraint.
Pritikin, E., & Reece, T. (1993). Parentcare survival guide: Helping your folks through the not-so-golden years.
Akner, L. F., with Whitney, C. (1993). How to survive the loss of a parent: A guide for adults.
Beekman, S., & Holmes, J. (1993). Battles, hassles, tantrums, and tears: Strategies for coping with conflict and making peace at home.
Virginia Satir: The Use of Self in Therapy.
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples: Restructuring Attachments. (1993).
Clinical Dilemmas in Marriage: The Search for Equal Partnershp. (1993).     

Equal Relationships: Fostering Growth for Clients and Counselors

Luthman, S. G., & Kirschenbaum, M. The Dynamic Family .
Stapleton, J., & Bright, R. Equal Marriage .     

REVIEWS

PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Dreunlin, D., Schwartz, R., & MacKune-Karrer, B. (1992). Metaframeworkds: Transcending the models of family therapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Ammerman, R. T., & Hersen, M. (Eds.). (1992). Assessment of family violence: A clinical and legal sourcebook.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Potter-Efron, R., & Potter-Efron, P. (1991). Anger, alcoholism, and addiction: Treating individuals, couples, and families.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Duncan, B., L., & Rock, J. W. (1991). Overcoming relationship impasses: Ways to initiate change when when your partner won't help.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Hoorwitz, A. N. (1992) The clinical detective: Techniques in the evaluation of sexual abuse.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Snider, M. (1992). Process family therapy. Needham Heights
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Campell, D., Draper, R., & Huffington, C. J. (1991). A systemic approach to consultation.
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Colby, A., & Damon, W. (1992). Some do care: Contemporary lives of moral commitment.
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Pasick, R. (1992). Awakening from the deep sleep: A powerful guide for courageous men.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Couples: The Relationship Game. (1992). (A series of weekly contents designed to be played by partners in a relationshp over a period of one year).
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Ziegler, R. G. (1992). Homemade books to help kids cope.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Margulies, S. (1992). Getting divorced without ruining your life.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Packer, A. J. (1992). Bringing up parents: The teenager's handbook.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Laird, J., & Green, R. (Eds.). (1996). Lesbians and gays in couples and families: A handbook for therapists.
Levant, R., & Pollack, W. (Eds.). (1995). A new psychology of men.
Combrinkc-Graham, L. (Ed.) (1995). Children in Families at risk: Maintaining the connections.
Dishion, T. J., & Ptterson, S. G. (1996). Preventive Parenting with love, Encouragement, and limits: The preschool years.
Quick, E. E. (1996). Doing what works in brief therapy: A strategic solution focused approach.
Chevalier, A. J. (1995). On the client's path: A manual for the practice o solution-focused therapy.
Carlson, J., Sperry, L., & Lewis, J. A. (1997). family Therapy: Ensuring treatment eficacy.
Rosen, R., & Leiblum, S. (Eds.) (1995). Case studies in sex therapy.
Fenell, D., & Weinhold, B. (1997). Counseling families; An introduction to marriage and family therapy
Hofman, S., Gafni, S., & Laub, B. (Eds.). (1995). Cotherapy with individuals, amilies, and groups.
Bloomquist, M. L. (1996). Skills training for children with behavior disorders: A parent and therapist guidebook.
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Weakland, J. H., & Ray, W. A. (Eds.). (1995). Propagations: Theirty years o inluence from the Mental Research Institute.
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Anderson, C., & Stewart, S., With Dimidjian, S. (1995). Flying solo: single women in midlife.     

Abstracts

Freedman, B. J. & Rice, D. G. Marital therapy in prison: One-partner "couple therapy."
Gutheil, T. G. & Avery, N. C. Multiple overt incest as family defense against loss.
Hanks, S. E. & Rosenbaum, C. P. Battered women: A study of women who live with violent alcohol-abusing men.
Hooper, D., Roberts, F. J., Hinchliffe, M. K., & Vaughan, P. W. The melancholy marriage: An inquiry into the interaction of depression, I. Introduction.
Hinchliffe, M. K., Vaughan, P. W., Hooper, D., & Roberts, F. J. The melancholy marriage: An inquiry into the interaction of depression, II. Expressiveness.
Lennard, S. H. C. & Lennard, H. L. Architecture: Effect of territory, boundary, and orientation on family functioning.
Mendelbaum, A. A family centered approach to residential treatment.
Rudestam, K. E. Physical and psychological responses to suicide in the family.
Sigal, J. J., Lasry, J. C., Guttman, H., Chagoya, L., & Pilon, R. Some stable characteristics of family therapists' interventions in real and simulated therapy sessions.
Johnson, C. L. & Johnson, F. A. Attitudes toward parenting in dual-career families.
Rhodes, S. L. A developmental approach to the life cycle of the family.
Schwartzman, J. Systemic aspects of abstinence and addiction.
Walker, K. N., Rogers, J., & Messinger, L. Remarriage after divorce: a review.     

Abstracts

Bernstein, B. E. Lawyer and counselor as an interdisciplinary team: one lawyer's suggestions.
Brandwein, R. A., Brown, C. A. & Fox, E. M. Women and children last: the social situation of divorced women and their families.
Cookerly, J. R. The reduction of psychopathology as measured by the MMPI clinical scales in three forms of marriage counseling.
Denfeld, D. Dropouts from swinging.
Fulton, W. C. Counseling as an insured benefit: perspectives from the insurance industry.
Hurvitz, N. The family therapist as intermediary.
Raths, O. N., Bellville, T. P., Bellville, C. J. & Garetz, F. K. The counter-phobic mechanism as a force in mate selection and marital stability.
Rolfe, D. J. The financial priorities inventory.
Solomon, M. A. Resistance in family therapy: some conceptual and technical considerations.
Sonne, J. C. On the question of compulsory marriage counseling as a part of divorce proceedings.
Strauss, M. Leveling, civility, and violence in the family.
Weiss, R. L., Birchler, G. R., & Vincent, J. P. Contractual models for negotiation training in marital dyads.     

REVIEWS

PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Gurman, A. S., & Kniskern, D. P. (Eds.). (1991). Handbook of family therapy (Vol. 2).
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Brock, G. W., & Barnard, C. P. (1992). Procedures in marriage and family therapy .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Hooper, D., & Dryden, W. (Eds.). (1991). Couple therapy: A handbook .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Collins, R. L., Leonard, K. E., & Searles, J. S. (Eds.). (1990). Alcohol and the family: Research and clinical perspectives .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: de Shazer, S. (1991). Putting differences to work .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Worden, M. (1991). Adolescents and their families: An introduction to assessments and interventions .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Pillari, V. (1991). Scapegoating in families .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Carlson, J., & Lewis, J. (1991). Family counseling: Strategies and issues .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Simon, R. (1992). One on one: Conversations with the shapers of family therapy .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Simon, R., Barrilleaux, C., Wylie, M. S., Markowitz, L. M. (Eds.). (1992). The evolving theraist: Ten years of the family therapy networker .
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Adams, C., & Fay, J. (1992). Helping your child recover from sexual abuse .
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Williamson, P. (1990). Good kids, bad behavior .
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Armstrong, T. (1991). Awakening your child's natural genius: Enhancing curiosity, creativity, and learning ability .
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Schulman, M. (1991). The passionate child: Bringing up an intelligent and creative child .
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Brown, S. (1991). Safe passage: Recovery for adult children of alcoholics .
VIDEO REVIEWS: Anger Management for Parents . (1991). (A therapist and her puppet discuss and role-play anger management in parent-child relationships; accompanying Program Guide and Parent's Manual ).
VIDEO REVIEWS: Two years, eight months, and a few weeks . (1991). By Walter Kempler, The Kempler Institute, PO Box 1692, Costa Mesa, CA 92628.     

REVIEWS

Professional Books: Minuchin, S., & Nichols, M. P. (1993). Family healing: Tales of hope and renewal from family therapy.
Professional Books: Small, R. F. (1990). Maximizing third-party reimbursement in your mental health practice.
Professional Books: Shenson, H. L. (1990). The contract and fee-setting guide for consultants and professionals.
Professional Books: Lachkar, J. (1992). The narcissistic/borderling couple: A psychoanalytic perspective on marital treatment.
Professional Books: Charny, I. (1992). Existential/dialectical marital therapy: Breaking the secret code of marriage.
Professional Books: Brothers, B. J. (Ed.). (1991). Virginia Satir: Foundational ideas.
Professional Books: Kaufman, E., & Kaufmann, P. (1992). Family therapy of drug and alcohol abuse (2nd ed.).
Professional Books: O'Hanlon, W. H., & Martin, M. (1992). Solution-oriented hypnosis.
Professional Books: Bryant, D., Kessler, J., & Shirar, L. (1992). The family inside: Working with the multiple.
General Interest Books: Wolin, S. J., & Wolin, S. (1993). The resilient self: How survivors of troubled families rise above adversity.
General Interest Books: Baber, K. M., & Allen, K. R. (1992). Women and families: Feminist reconstructions.
General Interest Books: Thorne, B., with Yalom, M. (1992). Rethinking the family: Some faminist questions (rev. ed.).     

REVIEWS

Gustafson, J.P., & Cooper, L. W. The modern contest: A systemic guide to the pattern that connects individual psychotherapy, family therapy, group work, teaching, organizational life, and large-scale social problesms.
Henggeler, S.W.& Borduin, C.M. Family therapy and beyond: A multisystemic approach to treating the behavior problems of children and adolescents.
Elizur, J., & Minuchin, S. Institutionalizing madness: families, therapy and society.
George, K. The adoption option: A practical handbook for prospective adoptive parents.
Landgraf, J.R.Singling: A new way to live the single life.
McCarthy, B. & McCarthy E. Couple sexual awareness.
Marlin, E. Relationships in recovery: Healing strategies for couples and families.
Miller, S., Wackman, D., Nunnally, E., & Miller, P.(1988). Connecting instrucdtor manual.
Miller, S., Wackman, D., Nunnally, E., & Miller, P.(1988). Connecting skills workbook.
Miller, S., Wackman, D., Nunnally, E., & Miller, P.(1988). Connecting with self and others.     

REVIEWS

McDaniel, S. H., Hepworth, J., & Doherty, W. J. (1992) Medical family therapy: A biposychosocial apprach to familees with health problems .
Walsh, F.,& McGoldrick, M. (Eds.). (1991). Living beyond loss: Death in the family.
Edelwich, J., & Brodsky, A.(1991). Saexual dilemmas for the helping professional(2nd ed.).
Skynner, R. (Ed.). (1990). Explorations with families: group analysis and family therapy.
Weiner-Davis, M.(1992). Divorce busting: a revolutionary and rapid program for stayin together.
Powell, E.(1991). Talking back to sexual pressure: What to say to resist persuasion, avoid disease, stop harassment, and avoid acquaintance rape.
Albert, G., & Michael, S.(1991). No-fault living.
Emmons, M.L. & Alberti, R.E (1991). Accepting each other: Individuality and intimacy in your loving relationship.
Misflwy, J., & Midgley, S.V. (1990). Partners on a journey: A support structure for the newly married.
Bilofsky, P., & Sacharow, F. (1991). In laws/outlaws: How to make lpeace with his family and yours.
Disabilty in the Family and Disability in the Family Part II: Assessment.