Strengthening Family Resilience

Froma Walsh

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781462522859
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy
• Index: Psychology

In this widely used course text and practitioner resource, Froma Walsh provides a state-of-the-art framework for understanding resilience in families and how to foster it. Illuminating the complex interplay of biopsychosocial influences in risk and resilience, she identifies key transactional processes that enable struggling families to grow stronger and more resourceful. Case illustrations demonstrate Walsh's collaborative approach with diverse families facing a wide range of crisis situations and chronic multistress challenges. The book features practice principles, tools, and guidelines, as well as programmatic applications. New to This Edition
*Incorporates the latest practice advances and resilience research.
*Chapter on assessment tools and strategies.
*Chapter on disruptive transitions across the family life cycle.
*Expanded coverage of war-related and collective trauma.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Also from Froma Walsh
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• About the Author
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• PART I. OVERVIEW
• PART II. KEY FAMILY PROCESSES IN RESILIENCE
• PART III. PRACTICE APPLICATIONS
• PART IV. FACILITATING FAMILY RESILIENCE THROUGH CRISIS, TRANSITION, AND PERSISTENT CHALLENGES
• Appendix 1. Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire
• Appendix 2. Developing Resilience-Based Genograms: Outline and Sample Questions
• Appendix 3. Exploring the Spiritual Dimension in Family Life: Sources of Distress and Resources for Well-Being, Healing, and Resilience
• References
• Index
• About Guilford Press
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