Book reviews

S. Walrond-Skinner (Ed.), Developments in Family Therapy, Theories and Applications since 1948
S. Box, E. Copley, J. Magagna and E. Moustaki (Eds). Psychotherapy with Families—an Analytic Approach
Judith Lask and Bryan Lask, Child Psychiatry and Social Work
A. Gurman and D. Kniskern (Eds), Handbook of Family Therapy
Kalman Flomenhaft and Adolph E. Christ (Eds), The Challenge of Family Therapy. A Dialogue for Child Psychiatric Educators
Alan S. Gurman (Ed.), Questions and Answers in the Practice of Family Therapy     

Book reviews

Jeffrey K. Zeig, Experiencing Erickson: An Introduction to the Man and his Work David Will and Robert M. Wrate, Integrated Family Therapy, a Problem-centred Psycho-dynamic Approach Sandra B. Coleman (Ed.), Failures in Family Therapy John B. Burnham, Family Therapy: First Steps Towards a Systemic Approach Stephen R. Lankton and Carol H. Lankton, Enchantment and Intervention in Family Therapy. Training in Eriksonian Approaches Rochdale Health Visitors, Child Abuse: Are You Safe? Colin Murray Parkes and Dora Black (Journal Eds), Bereavement Care John Howard and Graham Shepherd (Eds), Conciliation, Children and Divorce. A Family Systems Approach P. Watchtel and E. Watchtel, Family Dynamics in Individual Psychotherapy Joy K. Rice and David G. Rice, Living Through Divorce: A Developmental Approach to Divorce Therapy Larry L. Constantine, Family Paradigms. The Practice of Theory in Family Therapy Robert N. Rapoport (Ed.), Children, Youth, and Families: The Action-Research Relationship     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Lineaments of Mind . John Cohen. Oxford and San Francisco. W.H. Freeman and Company. Cognition, Development and Instruction . John R. Kirby and John B. Biggs (Eds.) The Art and Science of Visual Illusions . Nicholas Wade. London. Routledge and Kegan Paul. Child Language . Alison Elliot. Children's Oral Communication Skills . W. Patrick Dickson (Ed.). The Language of Children Reared in Poverty: Implications for Evaluation and Intervention . Lynn Feagans and Dale Clark Farran (Eds.). Fairness in Children . Michael Siegal. The Origins of Logic (Six to Twelve Months) . Jonas Langer. Are Young Children Egocentric? M.V. Cox (Ed.). Mainstreaming of Children in Schools: Research and Programmatic Issues . Phillip S. Strain and Mary M. Kerr. The Perception of Pictures, Vol. 1. Alberti's Window . Margaret A. Hagen (Ed.) Psychopathology and Subfecundity . Joseph A. McFalls. Medical Psychology: Contributions to Behavioral Medicine . Charles K. Prokof and Lawrence A. Bradley (Eds.). The Substance Abuse Problems . Sidney Cohen. Family Mental Health: Theory and Practice . Rae Sedgwick. St. Louis, Missouri. C.V. Mosby. Handbook of Family Therapy . Alan S. Gurman and David P. Kniskern (Eds.)     

Book reviews

Larry L. Constantine, Family Paradigms. The Practice of Theory in Family Therapy
Arnon Bentovim, Gill Gorell Barnes and Alan Cooklin (Eds) Family Therapy: Complementary Frameworks of Theory and Practice
Jean Shapiro, A Child: Tour Choice
William C. Nichols and Craig A. Everett. Systemic Family Therapy–An Integrative Approach
W. H. O'Hanlon and J. Wilk, Shifting Contexts: The Generation of Effective Psychotherapy
R. Julian Hafner, Marriage and Mental Illness: A Sex Role Perspective
Penny Jaques, Understanding Children's Problems, Helping Families to Help Themselves
Edward M. Waring, Enhancing Marital Intimacy through Facilitating Cognitive Self-disclosure
David E. Scharff and Jill Savege Scharff, Object Relations Family Therapy
C. Whitaker and W. Bumberry, Dancing with the Family, A Symbolic Experiential Approach     

Book reviews

M. Andolfi, A. Claudio, M. Paolo and N.-C. Anna Maria, Behind the Family Mask — Therapeutic Change in Rigid Family Systems
R. Levant, Family Therapy-A Comprehensive Overview
Mark Karpel and Eric Strauss, Family Evaluation
A. Treacher and J. Carpenter (Eds), Using Family Therapy     

Book reviews

David Campbell and Rosalind Draper (Eds), Applications of Systemic Family Therapy. The Milan Approach
Bryan Lask, Children's Problems
Bretherton, Inge and Waters, Everett (Eds), Growing Points of Attachment Theory and Research
Christine Sandford and Wyn Beardsley, Making Relationships Work
Elaine Campbell, The Childless Marriage: An Exploratory Study of Couples Who Do Not Want Children
Kayla F. Bernheim and Anthony F. Lehman, Working with Families of the Mentally III
Geoffrey Barlow and Alison Hill (Eds), Video Violence and Children
David H. Olson and Roxanne Markoff (Eds), Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature , Vol. XI 1984
Steve de Shazer, Keys to Solution in Brief Therapy
Fortune Ann E. and contributors, Task-Centered Practice with Families and Groups
Adrian L. James and Kate Wilson, Couples, Conflict and Change
Sue Walrond-Skinner, A Dictionary of Psychotherapy
Nossrat Peseschkian, Positive Family Therapy–The Family as Therapist
Joan J. Zilbah, Young Children in Family Therapy
Tesse and Moshe Lang, Corrupting the Young and Other Stories of a Family Therapist
S. Slipp, Object Relations: A Dynamic Bridge Between Individual and Family Treatment
Philip Barker, Basic Family Therapy
J. Tunnard (Ed.), Promoting Links: Keeping Children and Families in Touch     

Book reviews

Rose Bromwich, Working with Parents and Infants, an Interactional Approach
Bertram J. Cohler and Henry U. Grunebaum, Mothers, Grandmothers and Daughters: Personality and Child Care in Three Generation Families
Jack Dominian, Marital Pathology
Jerry Edelwich and Archie Brodsky, Burnt Out—Stages of Disillusionment in the Helping Professions
Helen Featherstone, A Difference in the Family
I. D. Click and D. R. Kessler, Marital and Family Therapy
J. Haley, Leaving Home
Charles K. Hofling and Jerry Lewis (Eds), The Family—Evaluation and Treatment
Neil S. Jacobsen and Gayla Margolin, Marital Therapy: Strategies based on Social Learning and Behaviour Exchange Principles
William M. Walsh, A Primer in Family Therapy     

Book reviews

Abstract

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     

Book reviews

Helen Singer Kaplan, Disorders of Sexual Desire
Joseph LoPiccolo and Leslie LoPiccolo (Eds), Handbook of Sex Therapy
Sandra R. Leiblum and Lawrence R. Pervin (Eds), Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy
Una Kroll, Sexual Counselling
C. Henry Kempe, A. F. Franklin, C. Cooper (Eds), The Abused Childin the Family and in the Community
Uri Rueveni, Networking Families in Crisis     

REVIEWS

VIEW FROM WITHIN: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS A SOURCE OF THEORY AND SCHOLARSHIP
Latina Realities: Essays on Healing, Migration, and Sexuality , O ljva M. E spin .
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AMONG LESBIANS AND GAY MEN: VIEWS THROUGH THE KALEIDOSCOPE
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Among Lesbians and Gay Men , B everly G reene (Ed.).
Growing Up in a Lesbian Family: Effects on Child Development , F iona L. T asker and S usan G olombok .
TRYING TO TURN DICHOTOMY INTO CONTINUITY: EXPLORATIONS OF MOTHERHOOD
Representations of Motherhood , D onna B assin , M argaret H oney , and M eryle M ahrer K aplan (Eds.).
The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood , S haron H ays .
EQUALITY AND THE FAMILY: PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE
Marital Equality: Its Relationship to the Well-Being of Husbands and Wives , J anice M. S teil .
Heterosexual Women Changing the Family: Refusing to Be a 'Wife'! , J o V an E very .
LIFE-TIES AND SELF-ESTEEM: SURVEY AND INTERVIEWS
Gender, Identity, and Self-Esteem: A New Look at Adult Development , D eborah Y. A nderson and C hristopher L. H ayes .
FEMINIST THERAPY REVISITED
Couples Therapy: Feminist Perspectives , M arcia H ill and E sther D. R othblum (Eds.).
Feminist Perspectives in Therapy: An Empowerment Model for Women , J udith W orell and P am R emer .     

Book reviews

Jay Haley, Ordeal Therapy: Unusual Way to Change Behaviour
S. Murgatroyd and R. Woolfe, Helping Families in Distress: An Introduction to Family Focussed Helping
Emilia Dowling and Elsie Osborne (Eds), The Family and the School—A Joint Systems Approach to Problems with Children
C. J. Brown et al. Treating the Remarried Family
Jean Campion, The Child in Context—Family Systems in Educational Psychology
I. R. H. Falloon et al., Family Management of Schizophrenia: A Study of Clinical, Social, Family and Economic Benefits
Linda Scotson, Doran, Child of Courage     

Book Reviews

John Mordechai Gottman, Marital Interaction: Experimental Investigations
R. M. Lerrer and G. B. Spanier (Eds), Child Influences on Marital and Family Interaction
Action Speaks Louder: A Handbook of Non-verbal Group Techniques
Paul Watzławick, The Language of Change
Alfred French, Distracted Children and Their Families
Richard Lansdown, More Than Sympathy—the everyday needs of sick and handicapped children and their families
Lee Headley, Adults and Their Parents in Family Therapy: A New Direction in Treatment     

REVIEWS

FEMINISTS CRITIQUE AND CREATE SEX RESEARCH
Sex Surveyed 1949–1994: From Mass-Observation's "Little Kinsey" to the National Survey and the Hite Reports , L iz S tanley .
(Hetero)sexual Politics , M ary M aynard and J une P urvis (Eds.).
FEMINIST SPIRITUAL PRACTICES AS ALTERNATIVES TO RELIGIOUS AND THERAPEUTIC CONVENTIONS
Spirituality As Therapy: The Psychological Value of Women's Religious Experiences, Women's Spirituality, Women's Lives , J udith O chshorn and E llen C ole (Eds.).
DEVELOPING A TRUE FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY
Bringing Cultural Diversity to Feminist Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice , H ope L andrine , (Ed.).
TRANSCENDING CONTRADICTION: A FEMINIST MIDRASH
Jewish Women Speak Out: Expanding the Boundaries of Psychology , K ayla W einer and A rinna M oon (Eds.).
THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL—EVEN IN WOMEN'S FRIENDSHIPS
Friendships Between Women: A Critical Review , P at O'C onnor .     

Abstracts

Z ygmond , M. J. and B oorhem , H. (1989) Ethical decision making in Family Therapy. Family Process
A rmsworth , M. W. (1989) Therapy of incest survivors: Abuse or support. Child Abuse and Neglect
W amboldt , F. S. and R eiss , D. (1989) Defining a family heritage and a new relationship identity: Two central tasks in the making of a marriage. Family Process
W ood , W., R hodes , N. and W helan , M. (1989) Sex differences in positive well-being: A consideration of emotional style and marital status. Psychological Bulletin
L ange , A. (1989) The 'help' paradigm in the treatment of severely distressed couples: A combination of paradoxical and problem-solving elements. American Journal of Family Therapy     

Abstracts edited by Neil Frude

C arpenter , L. J. and M erkel , W. T. (1988) The effects of three methods of observation on couples in interactional research. American Journal of Family Therapy
C hasin , R., R oth , S. and B ograd , M. (1989) Action methods in systemic therapy: Dramatizing ideal futures and reformed pasts with couples. Family Process
T homas , E. J. and Y oshioka , M. R. (1989) Spouse interventive confrontations in unilateral Family Therapy for alcohol abuse. Social
S tarr , A. C. (1989) Recovery for the alcoholic family: Family systems treatment model. Social Casework: The Journal of Contemporary Social Work
B linnikka , L-M. and S eitamaa , M. (1989) Spatiality of the family's inner structure: Choice of seat in Family Therapy. Family Process     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
E. Jones and E. Asen, Systemic Couple Therapy and Depression
Alan Carr, Family Therapy. Concepts, Process and Practice
Torben Marner, Letters to Children in Family Therapy: A Narrative Approach
David Campbell, The Socially Constructed Organization
Gitte Haslebo and Kit Nielsen, Systems and Meaning – Consulting in Organizations
Christopher Clulow (ed.), Adult Attachment and Couple Psychotherapy, The 'Secure Base' in Practice and Research
C. Everett Bailey (ed.), Children in Therapy – Using the Family as a Resource     

Book reviews and books received

MEICHENBAUM, D., 1997 Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disordar: a Handbook and Practice Manual for Therapy Chichestex Wiley ISBN 0-471-97241-X £29.95

SALKOVSKIS, P.M. (Ed.), 1996 Frontiers of Cognitive Therapy New York Guilford £32.50 (hbk); L17.50 (bk) ISBN 1-57230-1 12-0 (hbk); 1-57230-172-4 (bk)

James I. & Palmer, S. (Eds), 1996, Professional Theropeutic Titles: Myths and Realities

Pope-Davis, D.B. & Coleman, H.L.K. (Eds) (1997), Multicultural Counselling Competencics: Assessment, Education and Training, and Supervision

Wilkins, P. (1997) Persod and Professional Development for Counsellors London: Sage £10.95 ISBN 0-8039-74463-9

Ellis, A., Gordon, J., Neenan, M. & Palmer, S., 1997, Streets Counselling: Rational Emotive Behaviour Approach

GILBERT, M. & Shmukler, D., 1996 Brief Therapy with Couples: an Integrative Approach Chichater: Wiley £12.99 ISBN 047 1-96206-6     

Reviews

PRACTICE WITH LESBIANS AND BISEXUAL WOMEN: PERSPECTIVES FROM HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK
Treating Lesbians and Bisexual Women: Challenges and Strategies for Health Professionals , E lisabeth P age G ruskin .
Lesbians & Lesbian Families: Reflections on Theory and Practice , J oan L aird (Ed.).
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: SEX AND GENDER IN COUNSELING PRACTICE
Gender and Sex in Counseling and Psychotherapy , L ucia A lbino G ilbert and M urray S cher .
NONTRADITIONAL THERAPY FOR TRADITIONAL MEN
A New Psychotherapy for Traditional Men , G ary R. B rooks .
WORTHWHILE MISTAKES
Learning from Our Mistakes: Difficulties and Failures in Feminist Therapy , M arcia H illand E sther D. R othblum (Eds.).
CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF VICTIM-FEMINISM
New Versions of Victims: Feminists Struggle with the Concepts , S haron L amb .
TRANSFORMING PSYCHOLOGY, TRANSFORMING OURSELVES
Women and Gender: Transforming Psychology , J anice D. Y oder .
WHO WILL WIN THE SEX DIFFERENCE BATTLE?
Sex and Cognition , D oreen K imura .     

Book Reviews

Sue Walrond-Skinner (Ed.), Family and Marital Psychotherapy—A Critical Approach
Emily and John Visher, Stepfamilies: A Guide to Working with Step-parents and Step-children
J. P. Forgas, Social Episodes: A Study of Interaction Routines
Michael Lewis and Leonard A. Rosenblum (Eds), The Child and His Family, Series: Genesis of Behaviour
Robert E. Grinder, Adolescence
Maurizio Andolfi, Family Therapy. An Interactional Approach     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reveiwed in this article: Troubled Men: The Psychology, Emotional Conflicts, and Therapy of Men. Reuben Fine. Behavior Therapy and Religion: Integrating Spiritual and Behavioral Approaches to Change. William R. Miller and John E. Martin (Eds.). Internship Training in Professional Psychology. Richard H. Dana and W. Theodore May. A Tale of Two Stories: Excursions Into a Narrative Approach to Psychology. George S. Howard. Sex in the Therapy Hour: A Case of Professional Incest. Carolyn M. Bates and Annette M. Brodsky.