A Review of “Catch Them Before They Fall: The Psychoanalysis of Breakdown”

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THE SUPERVISORY ENCOUNTER. Jacobs, Daniel, Paul David, and Donald Jay Meyer, New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1995, 285 pages, $l32.50. Reviewed by Constance C. Hendrickson.

THE LANGUAGE OF PERVERSION AND THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. Bach, Sheldon. Northvale, NJ/London: Jason Aronson, 1994, 202pages, $40.00. Reviewed by Ezra Teitelbaum.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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HANDBOOK OF ATTACHMENT: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS. Cassidy, Jude and Shaver, Phillip R. New York: Guilford Press, 1999, 925 pages. Reviewed by Margaret M. Tulley.

BECOMING AND BEING A WOMAN. Lax, Ruth E Northvale, New Jersey/London: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1997, 253 pages. Reviewed by Robin MacDonald.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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COUPLES ON THE FAULT LINE: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THERAPISTS. Peggy Papp (Ed.). New York: Guilford, 2000, 334 pp. $35.00 (cloth). Reviewed by Anne M. Prouty.

THE DARK SIDE OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS. Brian H. Spitzberg and William R. Cupach (Eds.) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998,393 pp., $99.95 (hardback), and $45.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Glade L. Topham.

PREVENTIVE APPROACHES IN COUPLES THERAPY. Rony Berger and Mo Therese Hannah (Eds.). Philadelphia: BrunnerIMazel, 1999, 442 pp., $39.95 (cloth). Reviewed by Marsha T. Carolan.

MARITAL DISTRESS: COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS FOR COUPLES. Jill H. Rathus and William C. Sanderson. New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc., 1999, 378pp., $40.00 (cloth). Reviewed by Bruce Kuehl.

COPING WITH DIVORCE, SINGLE PARENTING, AND REMARRIAGE: A RISK AND RESILIENCE PERSPECTIVE. E. Mavis Hetherington (Ed.) New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1999,359 pp., $79.95 (cloth), $36.00 (paper). Reviewed by Maureen Semans.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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PRE-OBJECT RELATEDNESS: EARLY ATTACHMENT AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC SITUATION. Kumin, Ivri. New York, NY: The Guilford Press, 1996, pp. 210. Reviewed by Lucia Imbesi.

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT. Bloch, H. Spencer. Madison, CT: International Universities Press, 1995, 417 pages, $50.00. Reviewed by Theresa Aiello-Gerber.

SÁNDOR FERENCZI: THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST OF TENDERNESS AND PASSION. Rachman, Arnold W. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1997, 464 pages, $60. Reviewed by Etty Cohen.     

A Review of “Still Practicing: The Heartaches and Joys of a Clinical Career”

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INSIDE OUT AND OUTSIDE IN, PSYCHODYNAMIC CLINICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE IN CONTEMPORARY MULTICULTURAL CONTEXTS. Berzoff, Joan, Laura Melano Flanagan, and Patricia Hertz, Editors. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1996, $45.00. Reviewed by Irene Chung.     

Hope Beyond the Void

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CONTAINING RAGE, TERROR, AND DESPAIR: AN OBJECT RELATIONS APPROACH TO PSYCHOTHERAPY. Seinfeld, Jeffrey. Norihvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1996, 240 pages, $35.     

A Review of “A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion”

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HOLMAN OLD TESTAMENT COMMENTARY: EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS. Glen S. Martin. Nashville, TN: Broadman &; Holman Publishers, 2002, 387 pp., $19.99. Reviewed by Gregg Watson.

THE WESTMINSTER DICTIONARY OF NEW TESTAMENT AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND RHETORIC. David E. Aune. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003, xii, 595 pp., ISBN: 0-664-21917-9, $49.95. Reviewed by Iren L. Snavely, Jr.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND WAR, Routledge Encyclopedias of Religion and Society Series. Edited by Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez. New York &; London: Routledge, 2004, 512 pp., 33 b/w illustrations, ISBN: 0-415-94246-2, $125.00. Reviewed by Al Vara.

READING IS BELIEVING: THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH LITERATURE AND FILM. David S. Cunningham. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2002, 237 pp., $18.99. Reviewed by Robert F. Darden III.

UNDERSTANDING THE HADITH: THE SACRED TRADITIONS OF ISLAM. Ram Swarup. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2002, 258 pp., $22.00. Reviewed by Jeannie Colson.

AN INDEX TO ENGLISH PERIODICAL LITERATURE ON THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES, Vol. VIII, ATLA Bibliography Series, 21. Compiled and edited by William G. Hupper. Lanham, MD and London: The American Theological Library Association, and The Scarecrow Press, 1999, 483 pp., $70.00. Reviewed by John Dickason.

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF EVANGELICALS. Editor: Timothy Larsen; Consulting Editors: David Bebbington and Mark Noll. Leicester, England and Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003, 816 pp., $45.00. Reviewed by J. Michael Garrett.

LOGOS BIBLE SOFTWARE SERIES X-SCHOLAR'S LIBRARY (QB). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, 2004, $599.95, CDROM or DVD. Reviewed by Jason D. Baker.     

Notes on the Existential Psychotherapist as a Host in Couples Therapy

EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLE THERAPY WITH TRAUMA SURVIVORS: STRENGTHENING ATTACHMENT BONDS. Susan M. Johnson. New York: Guilford, 2002, 228 pp., $30.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by Connie Salts.

COUPLES IN CONFLICT. Edited by Alan Booth, Ann Crouter, and Mari Clement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001, 304 pp., $59.95 (hardback). Reviewed by Kyle D. Killian.

CONFLICT AND DECISION-MAKING IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS. Erich Kirchler, Christa Rodler, Eric Holzl, &; Katja Meier. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor &; Francis, 2001, 272 pp., $62.95 (hardcover). Reviewed by Anna K. Hultquist.

CLOSE ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT. Edited by John Harvey and Amy Wenzel. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001, 400 pp., $89.95 (hardback), $37.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Mark Odell.

A CLINICIAN'S GUIDE TO MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS. Edited by John Harvey and Amy Wenzel. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002, 342 pp., $79.95 (hardback), $36.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Mark Odell.

BEYOND THE MYTH OF MARITAL HAPPINESS: HOW EMBRACING THE VIRTUES OF LOYALTY, GENEROSITY, JUSTICE AND COURAGE CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. Blaine Fowers. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000, 241 pp., $25.00 (hardback). Reviewed by Roy Bean.     

Faking Good on the MCMI–III: Implications for Child Custody Evaluations

Jean Piaget, Paul Fraisse and Maurice Reuchlin. Paul Fraisse and Jean Piaget (Eds.). Experimental Psychology: Its Scope and Methods. Vol. 1. History and Method. New York: Basic Books, 1968, 245 pages, $5.95. Reviewed by Steven G. Vandenberg.

Joseph Nuttin, Paul Fraisse, and Richard Meili. Paul Fraisse and Jean Piaget (Eds.). Experimental Psychology: Its Scope and Methods. Vol. 5. Motivation, Emotion and Personality. New York: Basic Books, 1968. 289 pages, $5.95. Reviewed by Steven G. Vandenberg.

Magda B. Arnold (Ed.) The Nature of Emotion: Selected Readings. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1968. 398 pages. $1.95 Reviewed by David C. Murray.

Gilbert Kliman, Psychological Emergencies of Childhood. New York and London: Grune &; Stratton, 1968, 145 pages. Reviewed by Michael L. Peck.

Warren D. Gribbons and Paul R. Lohnes. Emerging Careers. New York: Teachers College Press, 1968 Reviewed by Steven G. Vandenberg.

Pascal, Gerald R., Behind the Screen. Boston, Christopher Publishing House, 1969, 243 pages, $6.50. Reviewed by Dell Lebo.

A. A. Roback and Thomas Kiernan. Pictorial History of Psychology and Psychiatry, New York: Philosophical Library, 1969, 294 pages, $12.50. Reviewed by Irving R. Stone.

Patricia Minuchin, Barbara Biber, Edna Shapiro, and Herbert Zimiles. The Psychological Impact of School Experience. New York: Basic Books, 1969, xxii + 514 pages, $12.50. Reviewed by Lita Linzer Schwartz.

William H. Grier &; Price M. Cobbs. Black Rage. New York: Basic Books. Pp. 213, $5.95. Reviewed by Dell Lebo.

Ruth M. Beard. An Outline of Piaget's Developmental Psychology for Students and Teachers. New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, 1969. Pp. xvi + 139. $4.95 Reviewed by Louise Bates Ames.

Arthur Wellon. Five Years in Mental Hospitals. New York: Exposition Press, 1967. Pp. 155, $5.50. Reviewed by Irving R. Stone.     

Book reviews

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Family Therapy of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, by Edward Kaufman and Pauline N. Kaufmann. New York: Gardner Press, 1979, 276 pages, $24.95.

Family Therapy: An Interactional Approach, by Maurizio Andolfi. New York: Plenum Press, 1979, 170 pages, $19.95.

The Family: Evaluation and Treatment, edited by Charles K. Hofling and Jerry M. Lewis. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1980, 324 pages, $17.50.

Individual and Family Therapy: Toward an Integration, by Fred M. Sander, M.D. New York: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1979, 235 pages, $20.00.

Disorders of Sexual Desire and Other New Concepts and Techniques in Sex Therapy, by Helen Singer Kaplan. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1979, 237 pages, $17.50.

Medical Sexology, edited by Roman Forleo, M.D. and Willy Pasini, M.D. Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press, 1980, 664 pages, $44.50.

Group Psychotherapy and Personality: Intersecting Structures, by Henry Kellerman. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1979, 345 pages, $19.50.     

Reviews: Books

THE MYSTICAL MIND: PROBING THE BIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. By Eugene d'Aquili and Andrew Newberg. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1999. $20.00. WHY GOD WON'T GO AWAY: BRAIN SCIENCE AND THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF. By Eugene d'Aquili and Andrew Newberg. New York: Ballantine Books, 2001. $14.00. THE TREE AS IT IS: NEW AND SELECTED HAIKU POETRY. By Bernard l. Einbond. 73 pp. Red Moon Press, 2000. $12.00. FEMALE SEXUALITY: CONTEMPORARY ENGAGEMENTS. Edited by Donna Bassin. 507 pp. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1999. $60.00. DAMANGED BONDS. By Michael Eigen. 179 pp. London & New York: Karnac Books. $29.95. TRANSCENDING: REFLECTIONS OF CRIME VICTIMS. By Howard Zehr. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2001. $18.95. ATTACHMENT THEORY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS. By Peter Fonagy. 261 pp. New York: Other Press, 2001. $35.00.THE HANDY RELIGION ANSWER BOOK. By John Renard. 582 pp. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 2002. $21.95.THE MANY FACES OF FAITH: A GUIDE TO WORLD RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS. By Richard R. Losch. 187 pp. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2001. $19.00. THE BRONTES AND RELIGION. By Marianne Thornmahlen. 287 pp. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. $60.00.     

Book reviews

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Marriage and Marital Therapy: Psychoanalytic, Behavioral and Systems Theory Perspectives, Thomas J. Paolino, Jr., Barbara S. McCrady (Eds.), New York runner/Mazel 1978, $25.00, 586 pages

The Prevention of Sexual Disorders, C. B. Qualls, J. P. Wincze, and D. H. Barlow, New York: Plenum, 1978, $14.95, 202 pages

Family Therapy in Clinical Practice, Murray Bowen, M.D., New York: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1978, $25.00, 565 pages

Homosexualities—A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women, Allen P. Bell, M. S. Weinberg, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1978, $12.95, 505 pages     

Reviews: Books, Art

FINDING SPACE: WINNICOTT, GOD, AND PSYCHIC REALITY. By Ann Belford Ulanov. 232 pp. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. $24.95. ON RELIGION. By John D. Caputo. New York: Routledge Press, 2001. $12.95. ORDINARY MIND: EXPLORING THE COMMON GROUND OF ZEN AND PSYCHOTHERAPY. By Barry Magid. 190 pp. Boston: Wisdom Pub, 2001. $22.95. SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND PSYCHOANALYSIS: SEXUAL SCIENCE AND CLINICAL PRACTICE. By Richard C. Friedman and Jennifer I. Downey. 352 pp. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. $35.00. EROTIC INNOCENCE: THE CULTURE OF CHILD MOLESTING. By James R. Kincaid. 352 pp. Durham: Duke University Press, 1998. $24.95. PRACTICING PRESENCE: THE SPIRITUALITY OF CARING IN EVERYDAY LIFE. By Kerry Walters. 122 pp. Franklin, WI: Sheed & Ward, Inc., 2001. $14.95. TERRIFYING TRANSFERENCES: AFTERSHOCKS OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. By Lawrence E. Hedges. 497 pp. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc., 2000. $65.00. THE ORIFICE AS SACRIFICIAL SITE: CULTURE, ORGANIZATION, AND THE BODY. By James Aho. 153 pp. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2002. $45.95. The Paintings of Joan Mitchell     

From the Book Review Editor

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ETHICS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE (2nd Edition), by Kenneth S. Pope and Melba J. T. Vasquez (1998). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Reviewed by Paula J. Caplan.

BREASTS: THE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE ON AN AMERICAN OBSESSION, by Carolyn Latteier (1998). New York: Harrington Park Press. Reviewed by Joan C. Chrisler.

LOOKING QUEER: BODY IMAGE AND IDENTITY IN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES, edited by Dawn Atkins. New York: Harrington Park Press, $29.95, paperback. Reviewed by Christine Smith.

THE LAST TIME I WORE A DRESS, by Daphne Scholinski with Jane Meredith Adams (1997). New York: Riverhead Books, $23.95, hardback. Reviewed by Claudette Kulkarni.

AFTER SILENCE: RAPE AND MY JOURNEY BACK, by Nancy Venable Raine (1998). New York: Crown Publications, Inc., $23.00, hardback. ISBN: 0-517-70683-0. Reviewed by Lisa Cosgrove.     

Power Issues in Therapists

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COUPLES IN TREATMENT: TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES FOR EFFECTIVE PRACTICE (SECOND EDITION). Gerald R. Weeks and Stephen R. Treat. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner-Routledge, 2001, 288 pp. $34.43 (hardback). Reviewed by Kevin P. Lyness.

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SEX THERAPY, 3RD EDITION. Edited by Sandra R. Leiblum and Raymond C. Rosen. New York: Guilford Press, 2000, 514 pp., $50.00 (hardback). Reviewed by Kristen Ullstrup.

ADULT ATTACHMENT AND COUPLE PSYCHOTHERAPY: THE ‘SECURE BASE’ IN PRACTICE AND RESEARCH. Edited b) Christopher Clulow. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner-Routledge, 2001, 22t pp., $60.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Zeynep Biringen.

VALUES-SENSITIVE FAMILY THERAPY WITH DR. BILL DOH-ERTY: FAMILY THERAPY WITH THE EXPERTS. Jon Carlson, Diane Kjos, and William J. Doherty. Boston, MA: Allyn &; Bacon, 2001, $68.00 (VHS Videotape), $94.00 (Video with CE Quiz). Reviewed by Zepnep Biringen.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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THEORY-BASED TREA TMENT PLANNING FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS, by Diane R. Gehart and Amy R. Tuttle. Pacific Grove, CA, Wadsworth, 2003, 269 pp., $46.95 (paper). Reviewed by Toni Schindler Zimmerman.

OLDER COUPLES-NEW COUPLINGS: FINDING AND KEEPING LOVE IN LATER LIFE, by Edith Kemp and Jerrold Kemp. Bloomington, IN: Unlimited Publishing, 2001, 384 pp., $14.95 (paper). [Also published as Older Couples-New Romances: Finding and Keeping Love in Later Life Ten Speed Press, 2002]. Reviewed by Christine Fruhauf.

ASPERGERS IN LOVE: COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILY AFFAIRS, by Maxine Aston. London and New York: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003, 232 pp., $22.95 (paper). Reviewed by Deborah J. Fidler.     

Book Reviews

Dana, Richard H., Foundations of clinical psychology: problems in personality and adjustment, Princeton, N.J.: Van Nostrand, 1966, 322 pp. Reviewed by Vincent Glaudin

Goldstein, Arnold P., Heller, Kenneth, and Sechrest, Lee B., Psychotherapy and the psychology of behavior change. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1966, 492 p., $8.95. Reviewed by Sohan Lal Sharma

Phillips, Herbert P., Thai peasant personality, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965, Pp. 231, $6.00. Reviewed by Irving R. Stone

Hudson, Liam. Contrary imaginations: A psychological study of the young student. New York: Schocken Books, Inc., 1966, 181 pp., $4.95. Reviewed by Dale D. Simmons, Ph.D.

Kantor, Robert E., & Herron, William G., Reactive and process schizophrenia. Palo Alto: Science & Behavior, 1966, 184 pp. Reviewed by Ernest Kramer

Atkinson, John W. & Feather, Norman T. A theory of achievement motivation. New York: John Wiley, 1966, 392 + x. Reviewed by Clifford H. Swensen

Goldberg, Miriam, L., Passow, Harry, A., & Justman, Joseph. The effects of ability grouping. New York: Teachers College Press, 1966, 254 pp. Reviewed by Samuel I. Goldstein

White, Mary Alice & Charry, June. School disorder, intelligence, and social class. New York: Teachers College Press, 1966, 92 pp., $2.25. Reviewed by Kevin M. Mitchell

Raychaudhuri, Manas. Studies in artistic creativity: Personality structure of the musician. Calcutta: Rabindra Bharati, 1966, 256 pp., Rs. $15.00. Reviewed by Dell Lebo

Glasser, Alan J. & Zimmerman, Irla Lee, Clinical interpretation of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. New York & London: Grune & Stratton, 1967. pp. 152. Reviewed by Ronald E. Smith     

Resilient,Undercontrolled, and Overcontrolled Personality Prototypes Among Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Brendan Maher (Ed.). Clinical Psychology and Personality (The Selected Papers of George Kelly). New York: Wiley, 1969. 361 pages + viii, $8.95. Reviewed by Wilson H. Guertin

L. J. Bischof. Interpreting Personality Theories. New York: Harper &; Row, 1970. 653 pages, $10.95.

L. A. Pervin. Personality—Theory, Assessment and Research. New York: Wiley, 1970. 632 pages, $9.95. Reviewed by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

Michael Cole &; Irving Maltzman, Editors. A Handbook of Contemporary Soviet Psychology. New York and London: Basic Books, Inc., 1969, 832 pages, $25.00. Reviewed by Irving R. Stone

Edwin I. Megargee and Jack E. Hokanson. The Dynamics of Aggression. (Individual, Group and International Analyses) New York: Harper &; Row, 1970. 271 pages, $3.95. Reviewed by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

Pat Powers and Wade Baskin (Eds.) New Outlooks in Psychology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1968, 512 pages, $12.00. Reviewed by Spencer B. Sterne

Salo Rosenbaum and Ian Alger, (Eds.). The Marriage Relationship, Psychoanalytic Perspectives. New York: Basic Books, 1968. 366 pages, $10.00. Reviewed by S. G. Vandenberg

Rudolph Wittenberg. Postadolescence: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects of Psychoanalytic Therapy. New York: Grune and Stratton, 1968. 138 pages, $6.50. Reviewed by Sarah A. Alleman

Liam Hudson. Frames of Mind. New York: Norton, 1968. 134 pages, $5.50. Reviewed by Russell Eisenman

Irving L. Janis, George F. Mahl, Jerome Kagan, &; Robert R. Holt. Personality: Dynamics, Development, and Assessment. New York: Harcourt, Brace, &; World, 1969. 859 pages, $9.95. Reviewed by Andrew M. Barclay     

Recent Research Findings About Health,Caregiving, and Late-Life Marriage

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ADULT ATTACHMENT: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS. W. Stephen Rholes and Jeffrey A. Simpson (Eds.). New York: Guilford Press, 2004, 482 pp., $55.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by Janet Canino.

BECOMING AN EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLE THERAPIST: THE WORKBOOK. Johnson, S., Bradley, B., Furrow, J., Lee, A., Palmer, G., Tilley, D., and Woolley, S. New York: Taylor &; Francis Group, 2005, 401 pp., $27.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Ting Liu.

THE COUPLE AND FAMILY THERAPIST'S NOTEBOOK. Katherine M. Hertlein, Dawn Viers, and Associates. New York: The Haworth Clinical Practice Press, 2005, 238 pp., $34.95 (softback). Reviewed by Wendy Loker.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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FAMILY TREATMENT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS: ADVANCES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. Malcolm M. MacFarlane, (Ed.). Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press, 2004, 409pp., $34.95. (paperback). Reviewed by William F. Murray.

THE DARK SIDE OF RELATIONSHIP PURSUIT: FROM ATTRACTION TO OBSESSION AND STALKING. William R. Cupach and Brian H. Spitzberg. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004, 336pp., $69.95 (hardback), $32.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Dynesha D. Mason.

DIVORCE AND FAMILY MEDIATION: MODELS, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS, Jay Folberg, Ann Milne, and Peter Salem, (Eds). New York: Guildford Press, 2004, 576pp., $67.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by Susan M. Boyan.