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I. Overview
1. Foundations of a Family Resilience Approach
2. Family Diversity and Complexity in a Changing World: Varied
Challenges and Pathways in Resilience
II. Key Family Processes in Resilience
3. Belief Systems: The Heart and Soul of Resilience
4. Organizational Processes: Relational and Structural Supports
5. Communication Processes: Facilitating Meaning Making, Mutual
Support, and Problem Solving
III. Practice Applications
6. Assessing Family Resilience: Useful Maps for Practice and
Research
7. Practice Principles and Guidelines to Strengthen Family
Resilience
8. Applying a Family Resilience Framework in Community-Based
Services
IV. Facilitating Family Resilience through Crisis, Transition, and
Persistent Challenges
9. Challenges and Resilience over the Family Life Cycle: A
Developmental Systems Perspective
10. Loss, Recovery, and Resilience
11. Traumatic Loss and Collective Trauma: Strengthening Family and
Community Resilience
12. Serious Illness and Disabilities: Family Challenges and
Resilience
13. Nurturing Resilience in Vulnerable, Multi-Stressed Families
14. Reconnection and Reconciliation: Healing Relational Wounds
Appendix I. Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire
Appendix II. Developing Resilience-Based Genograms: Outline and
Sample Questions
Appendix III. Exploring the Spiritual Dimension in Family Life:
Sources of Distress and Resources for Well-Being, Healing, and
Resilience
References
Index
Froma Walsh, MSW, PhD, is the Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and the Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Chicago Center for Family Health. Dr. Walsh is an internationally respected clinical scholar and a foremost authority on family resilience. Integrating developmental, relational, sociocultural, and spiritual perspectives, her resilience-oriented systemic approach with individuals, couples, and families fosters healing and positive adaptation. She is past editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and past president of the American Family Therapy Academy. Dr. Walsh is the recipient of many honors for distinguished contributions to theory, research, and practice, including the Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association and awards from the American Family Therapy Academy, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Orthopsychiatric Association, and the Society for Pastoral Counseling Research. She is a frequent speaker and consultant internationally, and her books have been translated into many languages.
"While most therapists search for a cure for an illness, Froma
Walsh explores the potential in families for wellness. This book
highlights the multiple causes that may contribute to family
distress, and then, with a powerful lens of hope, explores the
varied avenues that family members can take to increase family and
individual resilience. Strengthening Family Resilience is an
antidote to the simplistic labeling of diagnostic manuals.
Therapists will change their ways of thinking about healing after
reading this remarkable book."--Salvador Minuchin, MD
"The third edition of this classic, comprehensive book is a welcome
addition to any health care professional’s library. Walsh's
overarching framework for understanding and working with resilience
in families and communities allows for an ecumenical approach to
the crucial subject of helping people cope with--and even thrive
in--adverse circumstances. Well written and immensely helpful, the
book is rich with stories and clinical vignettes. This is a
compassionate, practical guide to one of the most fundamental of
all human aspirations: how to rise above our misfortunes."--Kaethe
Weingarten, PhD, Director, The Witnessing Project
"Brilliant! This thoroughly enriched third edition of Walsh’s
groundbreaking work is a gem. Walsh brings to this book her keen
intellect and her humane approach to individuals, families, and
communities facing adversity of all kinds: personal, communal, or
sociopolitical. The third edition features additional carefully
explained tools for use in practice and training settings. This is
a sparkling contribution that will inspire those who work with
diverse families in the midst of pain to tap their hidden resources
and instill hope."--Celia Jaes Falicov, PhD, Department of Family
Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego
"Walsh has done it again! Writing in clear, jargon-free, and
elegant prose, she rescues resilience from its current buzzword
status, offering us a true systemic application for diverse
families and communities. Walsh's career-long development of
resilience is a gift to students, practitioners, and researchers.
She wraps her arms around the dilemmas and traumas facing
contemporary families, offering us a living concept that will not
grow musty on a shelf but rather will guide our work with families.
This third edition will be required reading in the graduate program
I direct."--Evan Imber-Black, PhD, Program Director, Marriage and
Family Therapy Master's Program, Mercy College; faculty member,
Ackerman Institute for the Family
"In this timely third edition of her classic work, Walsh expands
her theory and review of the evidence on how families adapt
successfully to acute crises and chronic adversities. She
integrates ecological, family, and developmental systems theory
with research on resilience across the family life cycle, across
cultures, and in diverse situations that challenge contemporary
families. Drawing on her extensive experience in professional
practice and training, Walsh has created a practical,
evidence-informed guide to fostering adaptive family function. This
engaging book by a pioneer in family resilience theory and
intervention is essential reading for anyone who works with or is
training to work with families."--Ann S. Masten, PhD, Regents
Professor of Child Development, University of Minnesota Twin
Cities
"It is an honor to endorse a book that has had such a profound
impact on my own life and work. This third edition brings our
understanding of strengthening family resilience to a new level and
continues to inspire us in our belief in the power of the human
spirit to overcome adversity. I will continue to recommend this new
edition to practicing professionals, students, and colleagues
teaching courses in all mental health and health disciplines. The
book's powerful message of spiritual resilience will also benefit
faith-based organizations, pastoral counselors, and those they
serve."--Nancy Boyd-Franklin, PhD, Distinguished Professor,
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey
"Walsh has thoroughly updated the definitive book on family
resilience. It should be required reading for students and
professionals in mental health and community services, as well as
others who seek to improve the lives of families. Although the
focus is on resilience in the face of adversity, the book's
comprehensive review of family therapy concepts and methods
qualifies it as a primary text on integrative family therapy. The
third edition includes a trenchant discussion of challenges and
strategies for resilience researchers, as well as expanded
guidelines for clinical and community practice. Walsh’s elegant
prose makes every sentence quotable."--Peter Fraenkel, PhD,
Department of Psychology, The City College of the City University
of New York-This edition of a much-acclaimed book on resilience is
a welcome update of the previous one….This update adds some
important aspects of contemporary family processes and elaborates
on others….The use of case vignettes throughout to illustrate the
practical application of the concepts helps readers get an in-depth
understanding of resiliency processes.--Doody's Review Service,
5/13/2016ƒƒIn this invigorating read, Froma Walsh normalizes the
vast adverse experiences of families and takes her readers through
the journey of resiliency, challenging the problem-focused mindset
offered by other therapeutic modalities....This book is a
'must-read.' Students and seasoned clinicians can find ways to
apply the resiliency framework regardless of therapeutic
modality....Will make a significant contribution to training
programs. (on the second edition)--Journal of Marital and Family
Therapy, 4/2/2007
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