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| Preface | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Conceptual Perspectives | |
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| Overview: The Expanded Family Life Cycle: Individual, Family, and Social Perspectives | |
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| The Family Life Cycle | |
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| The Family as a System Moving through Time | |
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| The Individual in the Family and in History | |
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| The Vertical and Horizontal Flow of Stress in the Life Cycle | |
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| Anxiety and Symptom Development | |
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| The Changing Family Life Cycle | |
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| The Expanded Family Life Cycle: Individual Development | |
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| Contemporary Families | |
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| Our Life Cycles Unfold in the Context of the Community of Our Connectedness | |
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| The Larger Society | |
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| The Changing Structure of Families | |
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| Multiculturalism | |
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| The Political and Economic System | |
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| The American Family of the Future | |
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| Clinical Implications: The Multicontextual Framework | |
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| Assessing Individual Development | |
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| Assessing the Immediate Family Household(s) | |
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| Assessing the Extended Family | |
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| Assessing the Family's Community and Social Connections | |
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| Assessing the Impact on Clients of Hierarchy and Power Inequality in the Larger Social Structures of Society | |
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| A Method of Including the Sociocultural Context in Family Therapy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Self in Context: The Individual Life Cycle in Systemic Perspective | |
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| Redefining the Dimensions of Human Development | |
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| Developing a Self in Context | |
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| The Myths of Complete Autonomy and Self-Determination | |
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| Developing a Mature Interdependent Self | |
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| It Takes a Village | |
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| Gendered Development: From Adam's Rib | |
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| Developing a Self in a Nonaffirming Environment | |
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| Our Multiple Intelligences | |
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| The Connected Self | |
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| Countering Unequal Gender, Class, Cultural, and Racial Socialization | |
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| The Individual Life Cycle in Context | |
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| The "Slings and Arrows" as Individual, Family, and Community Intersect | |
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| Developing an Autonomous and Emotionally Connected Self | |
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| History, Genograms, and the Family Life Cycle: Freud in Context | |
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| Using Genograms to Track Family History through the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Courtship and Marriage of Freud's Parents: The Joining of Families | |
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| The Transition to Parenthood and Families with Young Children | |
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| Families with Adolescents | |
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| Families at Midlife: Launching Children and Moving On | |
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| Marriage: The Next Generation | |
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| Parenthood: The Next Generation | |
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| Families in Later Life | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Culture and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Life Cycle Stages | |
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| African American Families | |
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| Latino Families | |
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| Irish Families | |
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| Asian Indian Families | |
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| Jewish Families | |
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| Social Class and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Understanding Social Class | |
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| Class Influences on the Family Life Cycle: Challenges and Possibilities | |
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| Three Families | |
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| Therapeutic Implications of the Intersection of Class and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Women and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Women's Changing Life Cycle Roles | |
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| Women and Education | |
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| Women and Work | |
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| Women in Families | |
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| Women in the Middle: Women and Caretaking | |
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| Women's Exclusion from Power under the Law and Societal Expectations | |
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| Women and Marriage | |
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| Becoming Mothers | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Launching Children and Moving On | |
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| Older Families | |
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| Women and Their Friendship Networks | |
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| Women and Loss | |
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| That the Bumble Bee Should Fly: Affirming Women through the Life Cycle | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Men in Transition: The "New Man" | |
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| The New Man and the Legacy of Masculinity | |
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| Is There a "New Man"? | |
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| Men and Power | |
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| Men, Friendship, and the Men's Movements | |
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| Men and Their Relationships throughout the Family Life Cycle | |
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| The Latino Family Life Cycle | |
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| Family Organization, Migration, and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| The Family with Young Children: Relatedness or Autonomy? | |
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| The Family with School-Age Children: Brave in a New World | |
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| Adolescence: Between Two Worlds | |
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| Young Adulthood: Staying Home and Courtship | |
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| Marriage: Separating or Returning to the Fold? | |
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| Middle Age: A Full Nest | |
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| The Elderly: Losses But a Shared Life | |
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| Dying and Grieving | |
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| Siblings Through the Life Cycle | |
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| The Importance of Sibling Relationships through the Life Cycle | |
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| Age Spacing | |
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| Gender Differences | |
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| Birth-Order Effects in Sibling Relationships | |
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| Life Cycle Issues in Families with Disabled Siblings | |
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| Sibling Positions and Parenting | |
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| Siblings and Adolescent Relationships | |
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| Sibling Relationships in Young Adulthood | |
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| Sibling Positions and Marital Relationships | |
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| Sibling Relationships in Midlife | |
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| Sibling Relationships after the Death of Parents | |
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| Other Factors That Intersect with Sibling Patterns: Culture, Class, and Race | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Rules of Thumb for Sibling Relationships t hrough the Life Cycle | |
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| Migration and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| The Migration Experience | |
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| Changes in Social Networks | |
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| Changes in Socioeconomic Status | |
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| Changes in Culture | |
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| Life Cycle Phase at the Time of Migration | |
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| Death and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Family Adaptation to Loss | |
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| Timing of Loss in the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Loss at Different Life Cycle Stages | |
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| Death in Divorced and Remarried Families | |
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| Varied Life Course: Challenges of Hidden and Stigmatized Losses | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Creating Meaningful Rituals for New Life Cycle Transitions | |
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| Creating Rituals as a Developmental Task for Couples | |
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| Contemporary Life Cycle Transitions | |
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| The Emergence of Symptoms | |
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| Therapeutic Rituals | |
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| Discussion of the Ritual | |
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| Healing Rituals | |
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| Identity Redefinition Rituals | |
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| Designing and Implementing Rituals for Idiosyncratic Life Cycle Transitions | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Perspectives on the Evolving American Family | |
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| Becoming an Adult: Leaving Home and Staying Connected | |
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| Young Adulthood: Developmental Tasks | |
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| Young Adulthood in the 1990s | |
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| Late Adolescence or Early Young Adulthood: Age 18-21 | |
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| Issues for the Family | |
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| Young Adulthood for Heterosexual Men | |
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| Young Adulthood for Heterosexual Women | |
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| Young Adulthood for Gay Men | |
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| Young Adulthood for Lesbians | |
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| The Poor Get Poorer: The Last Two Decades | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Becoming a Couple | |
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| Marriage in Our Times | |
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| Fusion and Intimacy | |
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| Gay and Lesbian Couples | |
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| The Wedding | |
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| Sexuality | |
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| Patterns with Extended Family | |
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| In-Laws | |
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| Sibling Issues in Couple Formation | |
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| Cultural Differences | |
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| Issues in Marital Adjustment | |
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| Becoming Parents: The Family with Young Children | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Gender Issues in Parenting | |
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| Problems | |
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| Alternate Pathways to Parenthood | |
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| Clinical Guidelines | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Transformation of the Family System During Adolescence | |
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| The Sociocultural Context | |
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| Developing a Gender Identity | |
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| Changes in the Family Structure | |
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| Therapeutic Interventions | |
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| The Launching Phase of the Life Cycle | |
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| Overview | |
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| Gender Issues: Men and Women at Midlife | |
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| Midlife Marriages | |
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| Midlife Divorces | |
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| Midlifers at Work | |
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| Redefining Family Relationships at Midlife | |
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| Friendships at Midlife | |
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| Gays and Lesbians at Midlife | |
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| Summary | |
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| Families in Later Life: Challenges and Opportunities | |
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| The Graying of the Family | |
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| Later-Life Transitions and Challenges | |
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| Successful Aging | |
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| Clinical Challenges and Opportunities: A Resiliency-Based Approach | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Family Life Cycle of African American Families Living in Poverty | |
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| Factors Influencing Diversity, Functioning, and Resilience through the Life Cycle | |
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| Characteristics of the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Assessment and Treatment Considerations | |
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| Stages of the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Avoiding Therapist Burnout | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Leaving Home/Single Young Adulthood | |
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| Coupling | |
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| Parenting | |
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| Midlife/Later Life | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Single Adult and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Setting the Clinical Stage | |
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| The Single Person's Life Cycle | |
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| The Divorce Cycle: A Major Variation in the American Family Life Cycle | |
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| Gender Issues in Divorce | |
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| Time | |
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| The Divorce and Postdivorce Family Emotional Process | |
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| Family Emotional Process at the Transition to Remarriage | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Divorce: An Unscheduled Family Transition | |
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| The Context of Divorce | |
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| Divorce as a Multidimensional Process | |
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| The Transitions Framework | |
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| Clinical Overview | |
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| Single-Parent Families: Strengths, Vulnerabilities, and Interventions | |
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| Changing Prevalence and Pathways | |
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| The Adaptation of Children in Single-Parent Families through the Life Cycle | |
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| Validating the History and Present of Single-Parent Family Experiences | |
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| Engaging Single-Parent Families in Therapy | |
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| The Significance of the Social Context: Kin and Nonkin Networks | |
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| Recognizing and Mobilizing Strengths | |
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| Reinforcing the Mother's Authority | |
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| Addressing Special Life Cycle Issues of Single-Parent Families | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Remarried Families | |
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| A New Paradigm of Family | |
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| Stepfamily Formation following Death | |
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| Gays and Lesbians in Stepfamilies | |
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| Money in Remarried Families | |
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| Predictable Emotional Issues in Remarriage | |
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| The Process of Remarriage | |
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| The Impact of Remarriage at Various Phases of the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Spouses at Same Life Cycle Phase | |
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| Stepfamilies and Young Children | |
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| Stepfamilies with Adolescents | |
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| The Impact of Remarriage in Later Life Cycle Phases | |
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| Family Therapy with Remarried Families: Clinical Procedures and Illustrations | |
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| Key Presenting Triangles in Remarried Families | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Clinical Applications | |
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| Coaching at Various Stages of the Life Cycle | |
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| System Interactions | |
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| Fusion versus Differentiation | |
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| Triangles | |
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| Distancing and Cut-Off | |
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| Differentiation | |
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| The Role of the Coach | |
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| Humor | |
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| Detriangling | |
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| Opening Up a Closed System | |
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| Engagement and System Mapping | |
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| Planning: Learning about the System and One's Own Role in It | |
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| Reentry | |
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| The Single Young Adult | |
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| The Young Couple | |
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| Families with Young Children | |
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| Families with Adolescents | |
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| The Couple at or Past the Launching Stage | |
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| Elderly Clients | |
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| Coaching Single Parents | |
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| Coaching Remarried Family Members | |
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| Coaching Minority-Group Clients | |
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| Guidelines for the Therapist | |
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| Alcohol Problems and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Addiction in Context | |
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| The Family Life Cycle: A Long-Term Perspective on Alcohol Use | |
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| Self-Help Groups | |
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| Bias against the Alcoholic | |
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| The Impact of Race and Culture | |
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| Addiction: Staging and Life Cycle Issues in Assessment | |
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| The Family with Adolescents | |
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| The Unattached Young Adult | |
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| New Couples | |
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| Couples at Any Stage | |
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| Domestic Violence | |
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| After Sobriety | |
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| Gay and Lesbian Couples | |
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| New Parents | |
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| Children in Alcoholic Families | |
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| Early Warning Signs for Children at Risk | |
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| When a Parent Gets Sober | |
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| Launching Children and Moving On | |
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| The Family in Later Life: Addiction and the Elderly | |
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| Assessment | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Violence and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Why Intervention Must Address Social Accountability | |
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| Young Adulthood | |
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| Newly Formed Couple Relationships | |
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| Families with Young Children | |
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| Families with Adolescents | |
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| Families at Midlife | |
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| Older Families | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chronic Illness and the Family Life Cycle | |
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| The Social Context of Illness and Disabilities | |
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| Psychosocial Typology of Illness | |
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| Time Phases of Illness | |
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| Interface of the Illness, Individual, and Family Life Cycles | |
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| Multigenerational Experiences with Illness, Loss, and Crisis | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Interactions Between the Therapist's and Client's Life Cycle Stages | |
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| Dimensions of Similarity between Therapist and Client | |
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| Brief Scenarios: Complex Therapist-Family Life Cycle Interactions | |
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| Families with Young Children: A Complex Intersection | |
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| She Nurtures/He Earns: The Therapist's Transition Gets in the Way | |
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| The Long-Term View: Working with One Family over Successive Life Cycle Stages | |
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| Working with Loss: A Link between Life Cycle Stages | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |