Normal Family Processes, Fourth Edition: Growing Diversity and Complexity
Editat de Froma Walshen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 dec 2015
Bazându-ne pe datele furnizate de Guilford Publications, a patra ediție a lucrării Normal Family Processes reprezintă o actualizare substanțială a unui text de referință în psihologia familiei. Sub coordonarea cercetătoarei Froma Walsh, volumul depășește definițiile tradiționale ale „normalității”, explorând complexitatea structurilor familiale din secolul XXI. Găsim în această carte o documentare riguroasă a diversității, de la familiile cu venituri duble și cele monoparentale, până la familiile adoptive sau cele formate din persoane de același sex.
Structura volumului este organizată logic, începând cu o privire de ansamblu asupra noilor norme sociale, urmată de analize detaliate ale diverselor forme de conviețuire și provocărilor lor specifice. Un element distinctiv al acestei ediții este capitolul dedicat studiilor de laborator ale lui John Gottman, care oferă indicatori preciși despre dinamica cuplului. Putem afirma că forța acestui text rezidă în echilibrul dintre rigoarea academică și aplicabilitatea clinică, punând accent pe procesele care hrănesc reziliența în fața adversităților precum sărăcia, traumele sau bolile cronice.
Această lucrare completează perspectiva oferită de Introduction to Family Processes de Denise Ann Bodman, adăugând o dimensiune clinică profundă și un accent pe intervenția terapeutică bazată pe neurobiologie și evaluări factuale, acolo unde Bodman se concentrează mai mult pe dinamica internă generală. În contextul operei sale, Normal Family Processes servește drept fundament teoretic pentru lucrările mai specializate ale autoarei, precum Strengthening Family Resilience sau Living Beyond Loss, oferind cadrul general în care se înscriu procesele de vindecare descrise în acele volume.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1462525482
Pagini: 592
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.83 kg
Ediția:4 Rev ed.
Editura: Guilford Publications
Colecția Guilford Press
Public țintă
Professional Practice & DevelopmentDe ce să citești această carte
Această ediție este esențială pentru terapeuții de familie și studenții la psihologie care doresc o înțelegere modernă a funcționării familiale. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă actualizată asupra neurobiologiei și ritualurilor familiale, trecând de la diagnosticarea disfuncțiilor la identificarea resurselor de reziliență. Este un instrument practic pentru a lucra eficient cu diversitatea structurală a familiilor contemporane, oferind strategii validate de cercetarea actuală.
Despre autor
Froma Walsh, M.S.W., Ph.D., este o figură proeminentă în terapia familială, fiind profesor emerit la School of Social Service Administration și Departamentul de Psihiatrie al University of Chicago. În calitate de co-director al Chicago Center for Family Health, Walsh și-a dedicat cariera dezvoltării modelelor de reziliență sistemică. Expertiza sa este recunoscută la nivel mondial, fiind autoarea unor lucrări fundamentale care integrează spiritualitatea și managementul pierderii în practica clinică. Abordarea sa pune accent pe resursele relaționale, transformând modul în care profesioniștii percep „normalitatea” în contextul stresului social și al traumelor.
Notă biografică
Recenzii
"A classic text retains its relevance! The 'go-to' text on normal family processes has been significantly updated for its fourth edition, reflecting what the editor fittingly refers to as the 'new normal' of families. Therapists in training (or in practice!) will find this an invaluable resource for understanding the varieties of normal family life in our increasingly diverse world."--Wayne H. Denton, MD, PhD, Professor and Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Florida State University
"There is a reason this book is in its fourth edition--it is simply the most definitive text on this topic on the market today. The comprehensive coverage and chapter authors who are leaders in the field have made Normal Family Processes part of the 'collective conscious' of clinicians, students, and faculty who work with families the world over. With new chapters on contemporary topics such as neurobiology, gender norms, and kinship care, this book will continue to be the standard text for clinically focused graduate family development courses."--Sean D. Davis, PhD, LMFT, Couple and Family Therapy Program, Alliant International University
"The fourth edition of this highly influential work integrates important contemporary knowledge about family functioning and family processes. Walsh is a visionary thinker who has long been at the forefront of conceptualizing and advocating for a competence orientation for understanding families. This volume covers universal family issues (such as relationships, work, neurobiology) as well as specific challenges (such as divorce, illness, immigration). Each chapter balances thoughtful reviews of the literature with translational guidance for family assessment and intervention, making the book a welcome resource for researchers, therapists, and educators."--Anne E. Kazak, PhD, ABPP, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Director, Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Walsh and her colleagues have framed for us the critical and emerging issues for families in the 21st century. They bravely tackle some of the most thorny and enduring issues in family work, such as family structure, race, class, and sexual orientation, among others. Each chapter is well-conceived, steeped in the most current scholarship, and offers essential knowledge for students, clinicians, and researchers alike. The chapter material--whether theoretical, conceptual, and/or empirical--can be applied immediately in clinical intervention with families. This book offers an excellent foundation for further study and practice. As a text, the full volume is very relevant for social work foundation courses in both the clinical and human behavior tracks, and for family therapy and couple therapy courses."--Ellen R. DeVoe, PhD, MSW, Boston University School of Social Work-
Descriere scurtă
- Reflects important research advances and the changing contexts of family life.
- Additional chapter topics: kinship care, family rituals, evidence-based assessment, and neurobiology.
- All chapters have been fully updated.
Cuprins
1. The New Normal: Diversity and Complexity in 21st-Century Families, Froma Walsh
2. Clinical Views of Family Normality, Health, and Dysfunction: From Deficit to Strengths Perspective, Froma Walsh
II. Varying Family Forms and Challenges
3. Couple Interaction in Happy and Unhappy Marriages: Gottman Laboratory Studies, Janice Driver, Amber Tabares, Alyson Shapiro, and John M. Gottman
4. Contemporary Two-Parent Families: Navigating Work and Family Challenges, Peter Fraenkel and Carrie Capstick
5. Risk and Resilience After Divorce, Shannon M. Greene, Edward R. Anderson, Marion S. Forgatch, David S. Degarmo, and Mavis E. Hetherington
6. The Diversity, Strengths, and Challenges of Single-Parent Households, Carol Anderson
7. Remarriage and Stepfamily Life, Kay Pasley and Chelsea Garneau
8. Gay and Lesbian Family Life: Risk, Resilience, and Rising Expectations, Robert-Jay Green
9. Family Processes in Kinship Care, Malitta Engstrom
10. Adoptive Families, Cheryl Rampage, Marina Eovaldi, Cassandra Ma, Catherine Weigel Foy, Gina Miranda Samuels, and Leah Bloom
III. Cultural Dimensions in Family Functioning
11. Culture: A Challenge to Concepts of Normality, Monica Mcgoldrick and Deidre Ashton
12. Intersections of Race, Class, and Poverty: Challenges and Resilience in African American Families, Nancy Boyd-Franklin and Melanie Karger
13. Immigrant Family Processes: A Multidimensional Framework, Celia Jaes Falicov
14. Changing Gender Norms in Families and Society: Toward Equality amid Complexities, Carmen Knudson-Martin
15. The Spiritual Dimension of Family Life, Froma Walsh
IV. Developmental Perspectives on Family Functioning
16. The Family Life Cycle, Monica McGoldrick and Tazuko Shibusawa
17. Family Resilience: Strengths Forged Through Adversity, Froma Walsh
18. Normative Family Transitions, Couple Relationship Quality, and Healthy Child Development, Philip A. Cowan and Carolyn Pape Cowan
19. Mastering Family Challenges in Serious Illness and Disability, John S. Rolland
20. Family and Community Rituals in the 21st Century, Evan Imber-Black
V. Advancing Family Systems Research and Practice
21. Assessment of Effective Couple and Family Functioning: Prevailing Models and Instruments, Jay Lebow and Catherine B. Stroud
22. Unraveling the Complexity of Gene–Environment Interplay and Family Processes, Erica L. Spotts
23. Neurobiology and Family Processes, Mona Dekoven Fishbane
Index