Working Therapeutically with Families

Creative Activities for Diverse Family Structures

Tonia Caselman, Kimberly Hill

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781849059626
• eBook ISBN: 9780857008220
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy
• Index: Psychology

This resource provides a wealth of activities to use in therapeutic work with families, tailored to meet the particular needs of different types of family.

Chapters are organized by family type, and include divorced families, families with an incarcerated parent, grandparent-led families, families with substance abuse issues, and families in grief. Each chapter includes a host of therapeutic activities that are appropriate, and most effective, with each family type. Chapters also include a discussion of the context, the strengths and weaknesses of each family type, the challenges they face, and best practices for effective intervention. Clear instructions and follow up discussion questions are included.

This will be an essential guide for all those working with families, including counsellors, family therapists, social workers and psychologists.

Table of contents

• Working Therapeutically with Families: Creative Activities for Diverse Family Structures
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Family Assessment
• Chapter 3 Single-Parent Families with an Absent Parent
• Chapter 4 Divorced/Separated/Unmarried Families—Both parents available
• Chapter 5 Blended Families
• Chapter 6 Families with Grandparents as Caregivers
• Chapter 7 Families with an Incarcerated Loved One
• Chapter 8 Families with a Substance-Abusing Child
• Chapter 9 Families with Parent Substance Abuse
• Chapter 10 Families with a Mentally Ill Parent
• Chapter 11 Families with a Chronically Ill Child
• Chapter 12 Families in Grief
• Appendix A General Game Cards
• Appendix B Single Parent Cards
• Appendix C Feelings Thermometers
• Appendix D Choice Cards
• Appendix E Assertiveness
• Appendix F Impulse Control
• Appendix G Values Cards
• Appendix H Substance Abuse Cards
• Appendix I Ill Child Cards
• Appendix J Bereavement Cards
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