Divorce Therapy / Edition 1

by Charles Figley, Phd

Overview

Examine a wide variety of divorce therapy approaches with this seminal book. Divorce Therapy is one of the first books to present a comprehensive approach to divorce therapy. Based on a foundation of theory and research about divorce, this landmark volume focuses on the help that psychotherapists can provide during the three stages of divorce—pre-divorce decision making, divorce restructuring, and post-divorce recovery. A distinguished array of researchers and clinicians address discuss mediation, criteria for a constructive divorce, remarriage, custody issues, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780866564670
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1985
Series:	Journal of Psychotherapy and the Family Ser.
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents I. Introducing This Volume and Divorce Stages as a Framework for Therapy

• Introduction: Divorce Therapy
• Divorce Stage Theory and Therapy: Therapeutic Implications Throughout the Divorcing Process
• II. Focus One: Divorce Decision-Making and Criteria for a Constructive Divorce
• Divorce: Dynamics of Decision Therapy
• Criteria for a Constructive Divorce: Theory and Research to Guide the Practitioner
• III. Focus Two: Restructuring—Therapy for Children, Mediation, and Custody
• Family Therapy With Children of Divorce
• Divorce Mediation: An Introduction
• Systemic Assessment Criteria for Joint Custody
• IV. Focus Three: Post-Divorce Recovery and Remarriage
• Creating New Realities for the Newly Divorced: A Structural-Strategic Approach for Divorce Therapy With an Individual
• From Divorce to Remarriage: Implications for Therapy With Families in Transition
• Sibling Relationships in Families of Divorce
• V. Comprehensive Views of the Field
• The Comprehensive Divorce Treatment Center: The Divorce and Marital Stress Clinic Model
• Divorce and Divorce Therapy: An Annotated Bibliography