Integrative Couple and Family Therapies

Patricia Pitta, PhD, ABPP, is a Board Certified Couple and Family Psychologist in private practice. She is also a Clinical Adjunct Professor and the Director of the Post Graduate Program in Integrative Couple and Family Psychology at St. John amp rsquo s University in New York. Dr. Pitta has spent her career working with families and couples throughout the life cycle integrating different approaches to promote healing. These are featured in her book, Solving Modern Family Dilemmas: An Assimilative Family Therapy Model. She lives in Manhasset, New York. Visit her website www.drpatriciapitta.com and follow drpitta. Corinne C. Datchi, PhD, ABPP, is Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the Department of Professional Psychology and Family Therapy at Seton Hall University. Her research and clinical practice focus on correctional populations, reentry, problem solving, social justice, and gender. She recently co-edited Gender, Psychology, and Justice: The Mental Health of Women and Girls in the Legal System. In 2 9 Corinne served as president of the Society for Couple and Family Psychology (APA Division 43). She lives in West Orange, New Jersey. Visit https://www.shu.edu/profiles/corinnedatchi.cfm.

• ContributorsIntroduction: How Do Integrative Therapies Help Couples and Families?Part I: Integrative Couple and Family Therapy With Complex Clinical ProblemsChapter : Complicated Loss, Grieving, and Infertility: Assimilative Family TherapyChapter 2: Incest and Relational Trauma: The Systemic Narrative Feminist ModelChapter 3: Infidelity, Self-Differentiation, and Intimacy: The Mindful Differentiation Model of Couple TherapChapter 4: Money, Power, and Gender in Intimate Relationships: Cognitive Behavioral Couple TherapyChapter 5: Couples in the Digital Age: A Systemic Psychodynamic Behavioral Model of Couple TherapyPart II: Integrative Couple and Family Therapy With Diverse Clinical PopulationsChapter : Holographic Reprocessing Couple Therapy With Military CouplesChapter 7: Functional Family Therapy With Couples Behind BarsChapter 8: The SALUD Model of Family Therapy With Undocumented Latinx YouthChapter 9: Resiliency-Focused Couple and Family Therapy With Gay MenChapter : Stepfamily Therapy With Stepgrandparents and Their Adult ChildrenChapter : Integrative Systemic Therapy With African American CouplesIndexAbout the Editors

amp ldquo I recommend this book without reservation to anyone working with couples and families.  All the chapters are quite strong.  The integrative treatment models described here will be useful for trainees as well as practicing psychologists, social workers, counselors, and marriage and family therapists. amp rdquo -C. Wayne Jones, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania   amp ldquo By exploring the chapters of this book, the reader will come away with a deeper understanding of the variety of family systems therapy amp hellip . I can suggest this book as a resource for any clinician working with couples and families that want to learn how to more effectively treat contemporary issues, couples and families from an integrative perspectives. amp rdquo amp shy - Jim Walkup, LMFT, D. Min.I recommend this book without reservation to anyone working with couples and families. All the chapters are quite strong. The integrative treatment models described here will be useful for trainees as well as practicing psychologists, social workers, counselors, and marriage and family therapists.- C. Wayne Jones, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania By exploring the chapters of this book, the reader will come away with a deeper understanding of the variety of family systems therapy amp hellip . I can suggest this book as a resource for any clinician working with couples and families that want to learn how to more effectively treat contemporary issues, couples and families from an integrative perspectives.- Jim Walkup, LMFT, DMin Using fascinating case material, this clinically sophisticated yet practitioner- and reader-friendly volume demonstrates how various techniques can be interwoven to alleviate some of life's biggest challenges. I highly recommend this creative application of psychotherapy integration to couple and family therapists of all theoretical orientations.- Stanley B. Messer, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and former Dean, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ As the couple and family therapy fields move toward integrative therapies, this volume represents a timely and essential contribution. Chapters devoted to special populations illustrate masterfully why therapy with these clients necessitates an integrative approach.- Douglas C. Breunlin, MSSA, LMFT, LCSW, Clinical Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL The speed of change and the reshaping of our assumptions about what should happen with a couple and their relationship demand innovative and integrative approaches. Packed with useful answers to the questions couple therapists confront, this book makes the case that various forms of integration can aid couples in overcoming internal and external challenges. Patient vignettes help readers comprehend how each integrative approach works.- Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD, MPH, Professor, Department of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development, University of Massachusetts Boston