Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Competencies

Part I. Introduction to Resiliency-Based Practice
Chapter 1. The Nature and Sources of Resiliency
Chapter 2. Setting the Stage for Work with Families: Development of the Therapeutic Alliance
Chapter 3. Assessment of Families
Chapter 4. Cultural Issues, Family Structure, and Resiliency

Part II. Approaches to Social Work Practice with Families: "Introduction to Family Therapy Models"
Chapter 5. Social Learning/Cognitive Family Therapy Models
Chapter 6. Psychoeducational Family Counseling
Chapter 7. Structural Family Therapy
Chapter 8. Solution-Focused Family Therapy
Chapter 9. Narrative Family Therapy
Chapter 10. Multisystems Family Therapy
Chapter 11. Bowen Family Systems Therapy
Chapter 12. Object Relations Family Therapy
Chapter 13. Spirituality

Part III. Resiliency-Based Practice Framework Applications
Chapter 14. Families Coping with Difficult Life Circumstances
Chapter 15. Conclusion

Appendix. Family Preservation Models
References
Index

About the Author

Mary Patricia Van Hook, PhD, MSW, is Professor Emerita of Social Work at the University of Central Florida. She has extensive experience teaching family counseling courses and working with families facing a variety of circumstances. Dr. Van Hook has written and presented in the areas of families, rural mental health, spirituality, women's issues, and resiliency.