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Linking research with clinical practice, this text shows therapists how to do evidence-based practice when treating contemporary families.   Today amp rsquo s families are diverse and complex, and their problems do not always improve when treatment focuses on addressing a diagnosis. To achieve successful, lasting change, therapists must help families change their patterns of interaction.    This book examines several common interactional challenges that contemporary families face, such as co-parenting, divorce, intimate partner violence, blending families, and loss and bereavement. Contributors examine research on each challenge alongside research on various diverse family types and offer targeted interventions for each family type.   With its strong emphasis on inclusion, social justice, and evidence-based practice, this book will help clinicians work with today amp rsquo s diverse families in effective, empathic, and culturally responsive ways.  

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Browning and van Eeden-Moorefield shine a laser focus on the integration of research with contemporary practice. Their unique backgrounds with psychotherapy integration and many types of diverse families equip them to blend evidence-based practice with practice-based evidence to apply to real-world families from a systems perspective.--Terence Patterson, EdD, ABPP, Board-Certified Couple & Family Psychologist, San Francisco, CA Building upon evidence-supported practice, editors Scott Browning and Brad van Eeden-Moorefield offer a creative synthesis of research and scholarship on a variety of family-based topics, which offers thoughtful opportunities for scholarly reflection and practice application.--Jay Poole, PhD, MSW, LCSW, Professor and Director of the Joint Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work Program at North Carolina A&T State University and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro This book goes a long way in building a bridge between research and clinical practice for common presenting issues in psychotherapy with contemporary families. Students and experienced clinicians will find succinct reviews of clinically relevant research paired with clinical chapters that describe the lived experience of the identified client population (including the intersectionality of individual and family factors), a realistic case study, and research-supported interventions.--Mark Stanton, PhD, ABPP, Professor, School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA In Treating Contemporary Families, contributing authors look beyond the diagnostic categories to illustrate the complex challenges of families more realistically. They base their presentation on a holistic view of evidence-based practices, making this material accessible and important for practitioners, students, and researchers.--Thomas L. Sexton, PhD, ABPP, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University, Bloomington, APA Fellow, and Board-Certified Couple & Family Psychologist

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Scott Browning, PhD, ABPP, teaches in the doctoral program at Chestnut Hill College, in Philadelphia. Scott has published numerous books, chapters, and journal articles on topics ranging from stepfamilies, autism, empathy, paradox, the contemporary family, and intersectionality. Scott has been awarded the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, and he was the co-recipient of the 2 7 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology. Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, MSW, PhD, CFLE, is Professor and Associate Department Chair for Social Justice Initiatives in the Department of Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University. He has authored multiple works in journals such as Journal of Family Psychology, Family Relations, Journal of Family Issues, and Sex Roles. Brad also guest edited special issues on amp ldquo Intersectional variations in the experiences of queer families amp rdquo and amp ldquo Transformative family scholarship: Theory, practice, and research at the intersection of families, race, and social justice. amp rdquo    

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