Family Therapies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal

In Family Therapies, Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells survey the major approaches to family therapy and treat significant psychotherapeutic issues within a Christian framework. A landmark work, this volume was written for those studying counseling, social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy.

Fully updated and revised, this second edition includes new chapters on cohabitation, LGBT+ marriage, and family formation.

Other issues covered include
• crisis and trauma
• marital conflict
• separation, divorce, and blended families
• substance abuse and addictions
• gender, culture, economic class, and race
• sexual identity

Yarhouse and Sells conclude by casting a vision for an integrative Christian family therapy and offer timely wisdom for therapeutic practice in the midst of a diverse and rapidly changing global context.

Family Therapies is an indispensable resource for those in the mental health professions, including counselors, psychologists, family therapists, social workers, and pastors.