The contributors to this topical volume explore the role of family support in promoting the welfare of children and their families. They show how children can be supported in the development of their full potential despite adverse experiences. Family support enables children to access the variety of resources available to them in the multiplicity ......
The TV-perfect family of Walter de Milly III was like many others in the American South of the 1950s--seemingly close-knit, solidly respectable, and active in the community. Tragically, Walter's deeply troubled father would launch his family on a perilous journey into darkness. To the outside world, this man is a prominent businessman, a ......
A Psychoeducational Approach for Individuals and Couples
This clinician's manual and workbook were developed to provide alternatives in the efforts to reduce the national epidemic of spouse/partner maltreatment. The authors describe a model incorporating several theories and approaches of psychotherapy, while focusing on abuse as a primary issue.
Written in the tradition of "The Man Who Walked Through Time", and "Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", this title presents the story of the author's remarkable journey of discovery as he and his son learn about history and geology, false spirituality, facing danger together, and what it means to be a man in the world.
How's Your Marriage? explains how you can detect the warning signs of possible marital woe and the steps you can take to resolve these problems at their source. To allay the anxiety regarding marital therapy, Dr. Myers discusses this topic in great detail. He describes the different therapeutic techniques and the types of therapists who use them.
An exploration of an affair and it's consequences, it offers an understanding of why people become involved in extramarital affairs, and ways to lessen the marital damage an affair can cause. It also offers advice for those who find divorce the only answer open to them.
This work combines discussion of child development with practical advce on parental styles and discipline techniques. Each stage of child developmen is covered, creating a picture of where the child ''is at'' on entering adolescence. Each chapter contains useful examples of handling difficult behaviour, and shows parents how to focus on their own ......
Bob Myers has, since 1979, been Director of the Brophy Memorial Hostel, where he works with young people who are either homeless or unable to live at home. Some have been severely emotionally damaged and present very challenging behaviours. Bob has adopted the radical approach that solutions to these difficult behaviours have to be found, without ......
