BOOK REVIEWS

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: 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: 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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CHILDHOOD AND OLD AGE, EQUALS OR OPPOSITES? Edited by Jørgen Povlsen, Signe Mellemgaard and Ning de Conick-Smith. Odense: Odense University Press, 1999. Reviewed by Ann-Kristin Boström

THE DAY GOGO WENT TO VOTE. Elinor Batezat Sisulu. Cape Town & New York: Tafelberg Publishers, 1996. Reviewed by Suzanne Stutman

THE STEPFAMILY PUZZLE: INTERGENERATIONAL INFLUENCES. Edited by Craig A. Everett. Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1993. Reviewed by Wilma Wolfenstein

MALE INTERGENERATIONAL INTIMACY: HISTORICAL, SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES. Edited by Theo Sandfort, Edward Brongersma and Alex van Naerssen. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1991. Reviewed by H. P. F. Mercken     

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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: 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.     

Independent comment on local and international publications

Book reviewed in this article: FAMILY TRANSFORMATION THROUGH DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE. A Systemic Approach. Margaret Robinson. MEN'S FRIENDSHIPS. Edited by Peter M. Nardi. PARENTAL BELIEF SYSTEMS. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR CHILDREN (Second Edition). Edited by Irving E. Sigel, Ann V. McGillicuddy-DeLisi and Jacqueline J. Goodnow.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: INNOCENCE DESTROYED: A study of Child Sexual Abuse. Jean Renvoize BEYOND BLAME: Child Abuse Tragedies Revisited. Peter Reder, Sylvia Duncan, Moira Gray CARL ROGERS. Brian Thorne WOMEN AND ANGER. Edited by Sandra P. Thomas LIVING WITH IT: A Survivor's Guide to Panic Attacks. Bev Aisbett. Sydney, Angus and Robertson COLLABORATIVE CARE: Interprofessional, Intergency and Interpersonal. Sally Hornby FAMILY VIOLENCE: Everybody's business, somebody's life. Edited by Family Violence Professional Education Taskforce     

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WOMEN AND SCHIZOPHRENIA. Edited by David J. Castle, John McGrath, and Jayashri Kulkarni, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 151 pages, $32.00 paper. Reviewed by Dana Becker.

TREATING PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA & PTSD. Edited by John P. Wilson, Matthew J. Freidman and Jacob D. Lindy. New York: The Guilford Press, 2001. Reviewed by Katharine Myer.     

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HANDBOOK OF DEMENTIA: PSYCHOLOGICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVES. Edited by Peter A. Lichtenberg, Daniel L. Murman, & Alan M. Mellow. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003, 440 pp., ISBN 0-471-41982-6. Reviewed by Doug Messinero.

ESSENTIALS OF CRISIS COUNSELING AND INTERVENTION. Donald E. Wiger and Kathy J. Harowski. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003, 221 pages, $34.95 paperback. ISBN 0-471-41755-6. Reviewed by Geraldine R. Brinkley.

HANDBOOK OF DEPRESSION. Edited by Ian H. Gotlib and Constance L. Hammen. New York/London: The Guildford Press, 2002. Reviewed by Karen Judd.     

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Book reviewed in this article: WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN—ENCOURAGING THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND DEALING WITH PROBLEMS Jennie Laishley. PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY Edited by Dr Jean Golding. TEACHING CHILDREN WITH SEVERE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES: A RADICAL REAPPRAISAL S. Woods and B. Shears. SEX AND SEXUALITY Philip Feldman. MIXED RACE CHILDREN: A STUDY IN IDENTITY Anne Wilson.     

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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: PICKING UP THE PIECES . K. Vivekananda and S. Nicholson, Allen & Unwin FOUNDATIONS OF CONTEXTUAL THERAPY . Collected papers of Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy. M.D. Brunner-Mazel BALANCE OF MOTION: Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy and His Vision of Individual and Family Therapy . Ammy Van Heudsen and Elsemarie Van Den Eerenbeemt STOP STRUGGLING WITH YOUR TEENAGER . Evonne Weinhaus and Karen Friedman BEHAVIOUR DISORDERS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS . Marilyn T. Erickson. SEXUAL ABUSE OF YOUNG CHILDREN . Kee MacFarlane, Jill Waterman with Shawn Conerly, Linda Damon, Michael Durfee, Suzanne Long. DEPRESSION IN THE FAMILY . Edited by Arthur Freeman, Norman Epstein, Karen Simon. ADOLESCENT ART THERAPY . Debra G. Linesch. MEASURING EMOTIONS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN, Volume 2 . Edited by C. E. Izard and P. B. Read     

Book Reviews

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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HANDBOOK OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES. Edited by Francis Yuen, John T. Pardeck, Peter Clough, and Philip Garner. London: Sage Publications Ltd., 2004, 352 pp. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick     

BOOK REVIEWS

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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TANGLED RELATIONSHIPS: MANAGING BOUNDARY ISSUES IN THE HUMAN SERVICES. By Frederic G. Reamer. New York: Columbia University Press 2001. 214 pp. $45.00 (hard), $22.50 (paper). Reviewed by Patricia O'Donnell, DSW

SPIRITUALITY WITHIN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. Edited by Mary Van Hook, Beryl Hugen, and Marian Aguilar. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Press, 2001. 300 pp. $43.95. Reviewed by Chris Stewart, PhD

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: DECISION CASES WITH TEACHING NOTES. Edited by T. Laine Scales, Terry A. Wolfer, David A. Sherwood, Diana R. Garland, Beryl Hugen, and Sharon Pitman. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education, 2002. 219 pp. $29.95 (paper). Reviewed by Michael J. Sheridan

THEINVISIBLECARINGHAND:AMERICANCONGREGATIONS AND THE PROVISION OF WELFARE. By Ram A. Cnaan, with Stephanie C. Boddie, Femida Handy, Gaynor Yancey, and Richard Schneider. New York: New York University Press, 2002. 328 pp. $60 (hard), $19.50 (paper)., Reviewed by Bruce D. Friedman

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 566 pp. $55.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Edward J. Ryle     

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SPIRITUALITY AND THE BLACK HELPING TRADITION IN SOCIAL WORK. By Elmer P. Martin and Joanne M. Martin.Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Press, 2002. 296 pp. $39.99 (paper). Reviewed by Sandra Edmonds Crewe.

THE DHARMA OF JESUS: GEORGE M. SOARES-PRABHU. Edited by Francis Xavier D'Sa, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003. 296 pp. $30.00 (paper). Reviewed by Edward R. Canda.

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY. Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 566 pp. $55.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Edward J. Ryle

MODERN PSYCHOLOGY AND ANCIENT WISDOM: PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING PRACTICES FROM THE WORLD'S RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. By Sharon G. Mijares. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. 2003. 259 pp., $49.95(hard), 29.95(paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes     

Book Reviews

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.