Therapy of the Difficult Divorce: Managing Crises, Reorienting Warring Couples, Working with the Children, and Expediting Court Processes

by Marla Beth Isaacs, David Abelsohn, Braulio Montalvo

Book Overview

Chronically warring couples, children used as pawns, spouses who prolong the moment of separation-these are the components of the "difficult divorce." Although families caught in these dilemmas are familiar to every therapist, most divorce therapies either focus too much on the adults' conflicts or stress the children's plight without helping the parents reorganize their lives. Drawing on the authors' longitudinal Families of Divorce Project, this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765702126
• ISBN13: 9780765702128
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"