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by: Froma Walsh, PhD, MSW, Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita, School of So

ISBN: 9781462503315 | 1462503314

Now in a fully revised, updated, and expanded second edition, this informative clinical resource and text presents Froma Walsh's family resilience framework for intervention and prevention with clients dealing with adversity. Drawing on extensive research and clinical experience, the author describes key processes in resilience for practitioners to target and facilitate. Useful guidelines and case illustrations address a wide range of challenges: sudden crisis, trauma, and loss; disruptive transitions, such as job loss, divorce, and migration; ... MOREpersistent multistress conditions of serious illness or poverty; and barriers to success for at-risk youth. New chapters present resilience-oriented approaches to recovery from major disasters and demonstrate community-based and international programmatic applications.

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This informative clinical resource and text presents Froma Walsh's family resilience framework for intervention and prevention with clients dealing with adversity. Drawing on extensive research and clinical experience, the author describes key processes in resilience for practitioners to target and facilitate. Useful guidelines and case illustrations address a wide range of challenges: sudden crisis, trauma, and loss; disruptive transitions, such as job loss, divorce, and migration; persistent multistress conditions of serious illness or poverty; and barriers to success for at-risk youth. New to This Edition *Reflects research and practice advances. *Chapter on resilience-oriented approaches to recovery from major disasters. *Chapter on applications in community-based programs and international contexts.

I. Overview1. Foundations of a Family Resilience Approach2. The Growing Diversity and Complexity of Families in a Changing WorldII. Key Family Processes in Resilience3. Belief Systems: The Heart and Soul of Resilience4. Organizational Patterns: Family Shock Absorbers5. Communication Processes: Facilitating Mutual Support and Problem SolvingIII. Practice Application6. Practice Principles and Guidelines to Strengthen Family Resilience7. A Family Resilience Framework for Community-Based Programs and ServicesIV. Facilitating F... MOREamily Resilience through Crisis and Prolonged Challenges8. Loss, Recovery, and Resilience9. Chronic Illness and Family Caregiving: Challenges and Gifts10. Strengthening Resilience in Vulnerable Multistressed Families11. Recovery from Trauma, Traumatic Loss, and Major Disasters: Strengthening Family and Community Resilience12. Reconnection and Reconciliation: Bridge over Troubled Waters

Froma Walsh, PhD, is the Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. She also has a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, and is Co-Director of the university-affiliated Chicago Center for Family Health. She is a past president of the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) and past editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Dr. Walsh has received awards for her distinguished contributions and leadership in the field of family therapy from the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and AFTA. She speaks and consults internationally on resilience-oriented research, professional training, and practice.