Product Description: The author provides guidance on using advanced and innovative therapeutic techniques that focus on the distribution of power in relationships. Covers a wide age range and a variety of problems, including depression, anxiety, insomnia, sexual problems, alcoholism, psychosomatic illness, and anorexia...read more

Describes the psychological role money plays in the family, shares case studies, and tells what the use of money reveals about each individual (view table of contents)

Product Description: En este libro de gran actualidad, la famosa terapeuta familiar Cloe Madanes presenta la terapia de accion social. Un modelo de intervencion desarrollado por profesionales que trabajan con hombres violentos. El enfoque esta basado en la conviccion de que el agresor tiene total responsabilidad de sus actos...read more

Product Description: A Step-by-Step Guide for Working with Violent Clients Renowned family therapist Cloe Madanes presents a therapy of social action, a proven model of therapeutic intervention developed for professionals who work with violent men. At the very heart of this approach is the conviction that the offAnder is fully responsible for his actions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Este libro se adentra valientemente en el complejo universo del trabajo con familias en las que existe la violencia y abusos sexuales. A través de una colección de historia, ensayos y casos reales sobre el amor y sobre cómo enseñar a amar y a practicar el amor, la autora explica el dilema entre amor y violencia y restituye a la terapia sus valores orales, reavivando así una polémica que sin duda resultará provechosa para la materia en cuestión...read more

"Madanes' lucid, coherent, and practical guide for family therapists is a welcome addition to the proliferating literature by family therapy theorists and practitioners.... The book is concise, well organized and clearly written." —Contemporary Psychology A classic work which uses imaginative techniques to help achieve balance within the family. It gives attention to specific problems such as violence, drug abuse, and depression, and seeks the hidden meaning in these symptoms, which are clues to the underlying family structure. (view table of contents)