International Family Systems Therapy
Global Perspectives on the Healing Power of Families
1st Edition
Published on 3. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
402 pages
978-1-032-87008-3 (ISBN)
Description
Detailing a wide range of systemic approaches to mental health and relational issues, this essential guide demonstrates the power of family systems therapy as a means of fostering genuine human, relational, and societal transformation.
With contributions from more than 50 internationally recognized family therapy scholars and practitioners, this text illustrates how family systems therapy can provide a comprehensive, effective, and more humane approach to the dominant paradigm of mental health treatment. The book offers an integrative approach that blends action-oriented techniques with multigenerational and multicultural insights, and provides an understanding of children and adolescents' issues, couple crises, and losses and life adversities, and shares stories of resilience from families all over the world. Chapters explore how family and couple therapy can be used to address a variety of challenges, such as engaging children's voices in sessions, couples in which a partner suffers from a chronic illness or disability, strengthening family healing and resilience, teens at risk of suicide, the intricacies of power dynamics in couples, infertility, and much more.
This text is essential reading for mental health and human service practitioners, researchers, and policymakers, as well as graduate-level trainees in all mental health disciplines.
With contributions from more than 50 internationally recognized family therapy scholars and practitioners, this text illustrates how family systems therapy can provide a comprehensive, effective, and more humane approach to the dominant paradigm of mental health treatment. The book offers an integrative approach that blends action-oriented techniques with multigenerational and multicultural insights, and provides an understanding of children and adolescents' issues, couple crises, and losses and life adversities, and shares stories of resilience from families all over the world. Chapters explore how family and couple therapy can be used to address a variety of challenges, such as engaging children's voices in sessions, couples in which a partner suffers from a chronic illness or disability, strengthening family healing and resilience, teens at risk of suicide, the intricacies of power dynamics in couples, infertility, and much more.
This text is essential reading for mental health and human service practitioners, researchers, and policymakers, as well as graduate-level trainees in all mental health disciplines.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a global 'enactment' of the rebirth of systemic therapy to heal families and communities in the 21st Century-a must-read for all interested in true human, relational and societal transformation."Silvia M. Kaminsky, M.S.Ed., LMFT American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) President (Jan. 2023-Dec. 2024)
"A comprehensive systems framework that inspires both trainees and seasoned practitioners to use creative interventions, nurturing family resilience through various life stages and bridging cultural and national divides."
Joel Elizur, Professor (Emeritus), Clinical Child and Educational Psychology Program, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"What a tour de force! Andolfi's book captures the spirit of his Assisi conference and its Manifesto: Valuing our children, couples, our resiliencies and diversities. It's a must-read!"
Rob Garfield, M.D., clinical faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Professional Training
Illustrations
2 s/w Tabellen, 29 s/w Abbildungen, 19 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 10 s/w Zeichnungen
2 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white; 29 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 253 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
768 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-87008-3 (9781032870083)
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Maurizio Andolfi | Peter Fraenkel | Antonello D'Elia
International Family Systems Therapy
Global Perspectives on the Healing Power of Families
E-Book
11/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
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Maurizio Andolfi | Peter Fraenkel | Antonello D'Elia
International Family Systems Therapy
Global Perspectives on the Healing Power of Families
E-Book
11/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
€68.49
Available for download
Maurizio Andolfi | Peter Fraenkel | Antonello D'Elia
International Family Systems Therapy
Global Perspectives on the Healing Power of Families
Book
11/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Maurizio Andolfi, MD, is an internationally renowned child psychiatrist, Director of the Family Therapy Academy in Rome, Italy, and Editor-in-Chief of Italian journal Terapia Familiare. He is also Director of the Perth Circle for the Advancement of Family Therapy in Western Australia.
Antonello D'Elia, MD, is a psychiatrist, trainer, and supervisor of the Family Therapy Academy, Italy, and Deputy Editor of Italian journal Terapia Familiare. He is also President of Societa Italiana di Psichiatria Democratica.
Peter Fraenkel, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the City College of New York and a former faculty member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family.
Antonello D'Elia, MD, is a psychiatrist, trainer, and supervisor of the Family Therapy Academy, Italy, and Deputy Editor of Italian journal Terapia Familiare. He is also President of Societa Italiana di Psichiatria Democratica.
Peter Fraenkel, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the City College of New York and a former faculty member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family.
Content
PART 1
Get Rid of Labels and Pills: Empowering Children as an Invaluable Resource
1. From Child-problems to Family Resources: A Healing Process
by Maurizio Andolfi
2. Amplifying Children's Voices: Empowering Distressed Children as Family Healers
by Wai Yung Lee
3. Imagination and Creativity in Family Therapy with Children Labelled with Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Michele Zappella
4. Exploring the Psychological Landscape of Children with Type 1 Diabetes: A Family Approach
by Tiziana Bufacchi
5. The Community Project in the Schools of the Family Institute of Porto Alegre, Brazil: Description and Purpose
by Jose Ovidio Copstein Waldemar (2), Breno Irigoyen de Freitas, Klaus Iglesias Hensel, & Lisiane Milhoranza Rech
6. "Tell me a Story...mine!": Children and Parents Talk about Adoption
by Alessandra Santona and Laura Gorla
Part 2
Adolescents at High Risk: How to Listen to Their Voice
7. The Silent Adolescent in the Family Therapy Session
by Peter Rober
8. Confrontative Intervention in Family Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents
by Noga Nabarro
9. Adolescent Family Therapy: Considerations of Systemic and Developmental Lenses
by Christine Senediak and Isabelle Feijo
10. De Corporis Momentum: The Importance of the Body in Family Therapy.
by Dominique Bardou
11. Suicide Attempts in Adolescence: The Line Where Life and Death Meet
by Maurizio Andolfi
12. Working with High-Risk Adolescents in Combined Group and Family Therapy
by Jose Barrera
13. Gender Variance in Adolescence
by Patrizia Petiva (2), Eva Gerino, & Rossella Siragusa
14. Multigenerational Therapy and Violence Against Children
by Alejandro Astorga and Alicia Cruzat
15. Social Withdrawal in Adolescence
by Francesca Ferraguzzi
16. Silent Emotions: Embodied Metaphors in Early Onset Eating Disorders in Adolescence and Pre-Adolescence
by Camillo Loriedo
17. Therapeutic Work with Families and Adolescents at Risk in a Western Australian Mental Health Service
by Giulia Pace
Part 3
Family and Social Dimensions of Couple Crises and Divorce
18. Resolving Power Struggles in Last Chance Couple Therapy
by Peter Fraenkel
19. Treating Same Sex Couples: Harnessing the Power of Love
by Michael LaSala
20. Intergenerational Couple Therapy
by Maurizio Andolfi and Anna Mascellani
21. Families Created from the Heart
by Natividat Perez and Carmen Catalayud Lliso
22. Impact Techniques in Systemic Therapy
by Umberta Telfener
23. Family/Couple Therapy through the Lens of Intimate Partner Violence: No Limits or Know Your Limits?
by Elisa Agostinelli and Brian Sullivan
24. Serious Illness and Disability: Helping Couples Meet the Challenges
by John S. Rolland
25. Children and Parents in Contemporary Families: From Boundary Ambiguity to the Construction of New Belongings
by Salvatore D'Amore
Part 4
Trauma, Loss and Resilience: The Healing Power of the Extended Family and Community
26. Changing the Subject: From System to Culture to the Event
by Vincenzo Di Nicola and John Farnsworth
27. Loss and Resilience through Turbulent Times: Meaning Making, Hope, and Transformation
by Froma Walsh
28. Resignification: The Gift of Elaboration and Processing a Traumatic Experience
by Shulamit Graber
29. Remembering Helps Us Forget
by Antonello D'Elia
30. Young Children Remember: The Family as a Resource in the Treatment of Pre-verbal Trauma
by Arianne Struik and Raffaella Salvo
PART 5
Cultural Diversity, Migration and Social Discrimination
31. Family Transformation and Therapy in Malaysia: A Multicultural Mosaic Shaped by Historical Transformation
by Bawany Chinapan and Wai-Eng Ding
32. Migration in Seven Words: An Inspirational Tool for Thinking about Family Therapy
by Ivy Daure
33. Cultural Diversity as a Resource in Family Therapy
by Lorena Cavalieri
34. Empowering and Supporting Japanese Families: A Gender Perspective
by Tazuko Shibusawa (2), Shinichi Nakamura, Takeyoshi Nozue, Noriko Odagiri, & Mami Onishi
35. The Inventiveness of Loss Narratives of Trauma and Resilience among Palestinian Refugees Forcibly Displaced in Israel
by Mustafa Qossoqsi
36. Interethnic Marriages and Family Dynamics in Senegal
by Genevieve Platteau and Waly Fatou Diop
37. Introducing Climate Change in Mental Health Practice
by Olga Garcia Falceto (2), Enrique Falceto de Barros, & Luisa Falceto de Barros
Get Rid of Labels and Pills: Empowering Children as an Invaluable Resource
1. From Child-problems to Family Resources: A Healing Process
by Maurizio Andolfi
2. Amplifying Children's Voices: Empowering Distressed Children as Family Healers
by Wai Yung Lee
3. Imagination and Creativity in Family Therapy with Children Labelled with Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Michele Zappella
4. Exploring the Psychological Landscape of Children with Type 1 Diabetes: A Family Approach
by Tiziana Bufacchi
5. The Community Project in the Schools of the Family Institute of Porto Alegre, Brazil: Description and Purpose
by Jose Ovidio Copstein Waldemar (2), Breno Irigoyen de Freitas, Klaus Iglesias Hensel, & Lisiane Milhoranza Rech
6. "Tell me a Story...mine!": Children and Parents Talk about Adoption
by Alessandra Santona and Laura Gorla
Part 2
Adolescents at High Risk: How to Listen to Their Voice
7. The Silent Adolescent in the Family Therapy Session
by Peter Rober
8. Confrontative Intervention in Family Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents
by Noga Nabarro
9. Adolescent Family Therapy: Considerations of Systemic and Developmental Lenses
by Christine Senediak and Isabelle Feijo
10. De Corporis Momentum: The Importance of the Body in Family Therapy.
by Dominique Bardou
11. Suicide Attempts in Adolescence: The Line Where Life and Death Meet
by Maurizio Andolfi
12. Working with High-Risk Adolescents in Combined Group and Family Therapy
by Jose Barrera
13. Gender Variance in Adolescence
by Patrizia Petiva (2), Eva Gerino, & Rossella Siragusa
14. Multigenerational Therapy and Violence Against Children
by Alejandro Astorga and Alicia Cruzat
15. Social Withdrawal in Adolescence
by Francesca Ferraguzzi
16. Silent Emotions: Embodied Metaphors in Early Onset Eating Disorders in Adolescence and Pre-Adolescence
by Camillo Loriedo
17. Therapeutic Work with Families and Adolescents at Risk in a Western Australian Mental Health Service
by Giulia Pace
Part 3
Family and Social Dimensions of Couple Crises and Divorce
18. Resolving Power Struggles in Last Chance Couple Therapy
by Peter Fraenkel
19. Treating Same Sex Couples: Harnessing the Power of Love
by Michael LaSala
20. Intergenerational Couple Therapy
by Maurizio Andolfi and Anna Mascellani
21. Families Created from the Heart
by Natividat Perez and Carmen Catalayud Lliso
22. Impact Techniques in Systemic Therapy
by Umberta Telfener
23. Family/Couple Therapy through the Lens of Intimate Partner Violence: No Limits or Know Your Limits?
by Elisa Agostinelli and Brian Sullivan
24. Serious Illness and Disability: Helping Couples Meet the Challenges
by John S. Rolland
25. Children and Parents in Contemporary Families: From Boundary Ambiguity to the Construction of New Belongings
by Salvatore D'Amore
Part 4
Trauma, Loss and Resilience: The Healing Power of the Extended Family and Community
26. Changing the Subject: From System to Culture to the Event
by Vincenzo Di Nicola and John Farnsworth
27. Loss and Resilience through Turbulent Times: Meaning Making, Hope, and Transformation
by Froma Walsh
28. Resignification: The Gift of Elaboration and Processing a Traumatic Experience
by Shulamit Graber
29. Remembering Helps Us Forget
by Antonello D'Elia
30. Young Children Remember: The Family as a Resource in the Treatment of Pre-verbal Trauma
by Arianne Struik and Raffaella Salvo
PART 5
Cultural Diversity, Migration and Social Discrimination
31. Family Transformation and Therapy in Malaysia: A Multicultural Mosaic Shaped by Historical Transformation
by Bawany Chinapan and Wai-Eng Ding
32. Migration in Seven Words: An Inspirational Tool for Thinking about Family Therapy
by Ivy Daure
33. Cultural Diversity as a Resource in Family Therapy
by Lorena Cavalieri
34. Empowering and Supporting Japanese Families: A Gender Perspective
by Tazuko Shibusawa (2), Shinichi Nakamura, Takeyoshi Nozue, Noriko Odagiri, & Mami Onishi
35. The Inventiveness of Loss Narratives of Trauma and Resilience among Palestinian Refugees Forcibly Displaced in Israel
by Mustafa Qossoqsi
36. Interethnic Marriages and Family Dynamics in Senegal
by Genevieve Platteau and Waly Fatou Diop
37. Introducing Climate Change in Mental Health Practice
by Olga Garcia Falceto (2), Enrique Falceto de Barros, & Luisa Falceto de Barros