'Drawing on her extensive experience as a family practitioner and researcher, in this volume Froma Walsh presents an approach to all kinds of families that recognizes and makes use of their resilience and often hidden resources. Bringing substance to the promise of a strengths perspective, this engaging, informative, and useful work is an invaluable resource for social work practitioners, educators, and students interested in families.' - Ann Hartman, DSW, Visiting Distinguished Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, New York, Dean and Professor Emerita, Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts
Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Family Health at the University of Chicago, USA
Part I: Overview. The Foundations of the Family Resilience Approach. Changing Families in a Changing World. Part II: Key Family Processes in Resilience. Belief Systems: The Heart and Soul of Resilience. Organizational Patterns: Family Shock Absorbers. Communication Processes: Facilitating Family Functioning. Strengthening Family Resilience: Practice Principles and Guidelines. Part III: Family Resilience through Crisis and Challenge. Loss, Recovery, and Resilience. Coping and Resilience in Chronic Illness and Family Caregiving. Strengthening Vulnerable Multicrisis Families Reconnection and Reconciliation: Bridge over Troubled Waters.