Systemic Treatment of Families Who Abuse

Eliana Gil author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:19th Oct '95

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A direct, informed approach involving all family members

An invaluable guide for enhancing your skills when working withfamilies in which child abuse has occurred. Systemic Treatment ofFamilies Who Abuse addresses both the symptoms and precipitatingissues of child abuse and neglect, and also

* offers new ideas for effective treatment
* identifies the conditions that are often present when child abuseoccurs
* outlines the protective factors that can counteract a person'stAndency toward child abuse

The author discusses how the treatment of child abuse differs fromgeneric treatment, and stresses the necessity for systemicinterventions for everyone: abusers, abused, and nonabused familymembers.

"Replete with case examples, Eliana Gil's straightforward, nononsense guide to treating some of society's most dangerous familyinteractions is a valuable resource to all clinicians who work withchild abuse.'' --Marcia Sheinberg, director of training, AckermanInstitute for Family Therapy, and director, Ackerman IncestProject

"This book is well-written and well-illustrated with clinical casematerial." --Benjamin E. Saunders, Ph.D., National Crime VictimsResearch and Treatment Center, Medical University of SouthCarolina

"With its clear, practical style, this is an unusually useful bookfor clinicians at any level of skill, the next best thing to anexperienced supervisor or colleague. Gil does an extraordinary jobof integrating theory, research, and case examples in an area ofclinical practice that can easily be intimidating. The book'sparticular strength lies in its skillful blAnd of narative andclinical dialogue, in which the therapist's voice is consistentlyempathetic, firm, and focused, both inspiring readers to take asimilar approach and at the same time teaching them how." --AdeliaMoore, Ph.D., Connecticut Children's Medical Center School,Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health

ISBN: 9780787901530

Dimensions: 238mm x 161mm x 22mm

Weight: 445g

264 pages