Brief Family Therapy Homework Planner

by Louis J. Bevilacqua; Frank M. Dattilio

• ISBN13: 9780471385127
• ISBN10: 0471385123
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Help families develop the skills they need to work through problems Brief Family Therapy Homework Planner arms you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. This easy-to-use sourcebook features: Over 30 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues in family therapeutic treatment A quick-reference format-the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problem, such as addiction, anger, mental illness, and jealousy Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises Assignments that are cross-referenced to The Family Therapy Treatment Planner-so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or behavioral problem A computer disk that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format-allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs

Author Biography

LOUIS J. BEVILACQUA, MEd, NCC, is a National Board Certified Counselor and Clinical Director and Cofounder of Connections Adolescent and Family Care.

Table of Contents

Practice Planner Series Preface	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xviii
Introduction	xix
Addictions	1	(9)
Staying Clean	2	(3)
What Else Can I Do?	5	(2)
Other Addictive Behaviors	7	(3)
Adoption	10	(7)
This Is How I Feel	11	(3)
My Safe Place	14	(3)
Anger Problems	17	(12)
Why Am I So Angry?	18	(2)
What Happens When I Become Angry?	20	(3)
I Don't Have Any Bruises but I Still Hurt	23	(4)
Go Blow Out Some Candles	27	(2)
Anxiety	29	(9)
My/Our Daughter Is Afraid to Go to School	30	(2)
When I Feel Anxious It Is Like . . .	32	(3)
My Mother's Anxiety Makes Me Feel . . .	35	(3)
Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents	38	(13)
My Child Just Won't Listen	39	(3)
Acting As If	42	(3)
We Have to Have Some Kind of Agreement	45	(3)
Charting Our Course	48	(3)
Bipolar Disorder	51	(5)
My Mom Just Won't Stay on Her Medication	52	(4)
Blaming	56	(8)
Don't Look at Me, Ask Him	57	(2)
The Blaming Jar	59	(2)
What's My Job?	61	(3)
Blended Families	64	(9)
I Have Too Many Parents	65	(4)
We Need to Agree	69	(4)
Child Sexual Abuse	73	(13)
Getting It Out	74	(5)
Gotta Stop Thinking This Way	79	(2)
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words	81	(5)
Communication Problems	86	(6)
How Can I Talk So He'll Listen?	87	(3)
Everything Is Always Negative in Our House	90	(2)
Death/Loss Issues	92	(6)
Gone but Not Forgotten	93	(5)
Depression	98	(13)
Someone in My Family Is Depressed	99	(2)
When Am I Depressed?	101	(3)
What Am I Thinking When I Am Feeling Depressed?	104	(2)
What Do Others Value about Me?	106	(2)
My/Our Daughter Is Depressed	108	(3)
Disillusionment with Family Ties	111	(4)
Circles of Perception	112	(3)
Divorce/Separation	115	(5)
My Parents Are Getting a Divorce	116	(4)
Eating Disorders	120	(10)
I Need to Get Control	121	(3)
What Am I Thinking?	124	(3)
Why Is She Doing This?	127	(3)
External Activities Affecting Family Role	130	(3)
When Can We Be Together?	131	(2)
Family Business Conflicts	133	(5)
Changing of the Guard	134	(2)
Who Is Doing What?	136	(2)
Family-of-Origin Interference	138	(5)
Thanks, but No Thanks	139	(2)
How Can I Tell Her to Mind Her Own Business?	141	(2)
Foster Care	143	(4)
I Want to Go Home	144	(3)
Geographic Relocation	147	(6)
We're Moving	148	(2)
Should We or Should We Not?	150	(3)
Inheritance Disputes	153	(3)
He Always Did Like You Best	154	(2)
Interracial Family Problems	156	(3)
They're Calling Me a Half-Breed	157	(2)
Intolerance/Defensiveness	159	(5)
Why Can't You Understand My Side for Once? (Part I)	160	(2)
Why Can't You Understand My Side for Once? (Part II)	162	(2)
Jealousy/Insecurity	164	(4)
I Am Not Jealous	165	(3)
Life Threatening/Chronic Illness	168	(3)
Johnny Has Leukemia	169	(2)
Multiple-Birth Dilemmas	171	(5)
With Seven You Get an Eggroll	172	(2)
How Are We Going to Do This?	174	(2)
Pervasive Developmental Disorders	176	(3)
Knowing What to Expect	177	(2)
Physical Disabilities	179	(3)
Why Is Dad in Bed All Day?	180	(2)
Religious/Spiritual Conflicts	182	(4)
I Don't Know What to Believe In Anymore	183	(3)
Schizophrenia	186	(4)
My Brother Hears Voices	187	(3)
School Problems	190	(6)
My Teenager Is Truant	191	(5)
Sexual Preferences	196	(3)
I Am Still Danny	197	(2)
Suicide Attempts	199	(8)
I Want Things to Be Better	200	(4)
Creating a Positive Outlook	204	(3)
Unwanted/Unplanned Pregnancies	207	(4)
Honey, Guess What?	208	(3)
Bibliography	211	(2)
About the Authors	213	(2)
About the Disk	215