Assessment of Couples and Families: Contemporary and Cutting-Edge Strategies (Family Therapy and Counseling)
This book is right on target and fulfills the lofty and inclusive goals elucidated by the editor in the preface.  In the current era which increasingly demands accountability, documentation, and empirically based assessment methods and treatment interventions, this book is extremely timely and highly readable.  Sperry merits congratulations for this descriptive and insightful book which is a must-read and refer-to-frequently volume, with contributions by a stellar cast of authors knowledgeable in couple and family assessment and testing.  The interchange between L'Abate and the other authors in the final chapter is gutsy and illuminating..–Florence W. Kaslow, Ph.D., ABPPThis comprehensive cutting-edge volume presents over 100 assessment instruments and techniques including specific measures for child custody and abuse, violence, couple conflict, and intimacy. The student, clinician, and researcher will find that it provides a way to rapidly compare which measure is most appropriate. With the need for greater clinical, financial, and legal accountability, this book will be an indispensable resource. Sperry's book is an essential building block in advancing the field as a science..–Gerald R. Weeks, Ph.D., ABPP, Department of Marriage, Family, and Community Counseling at the University of Nevada-Las VegasThe organization is excellent, and every chapter is solid and well written.  A particularly useful touch is the listing of assessment instruments in table form, included in each of the chapters on specific applications. The tables together with the comprehensive coverage of issues and methods make this a reference we will all want to keep handy on the shelf.  Many of the chapters cover a dizzying range of possible assessments, leaving the reader wanting more discussion of how to make choices between them or between types of assessment strategies.  But it is not a bad thing for a book on such a topic as this to leave the reader interested, curious and wanting to learn more. Our search is now over, as this book does an excellent job of filling the gap. I would consider it required reading for all marriage and family therapy educators, as well as researchers and clinicians.     Highly recommended..–Anne Rambo/  Nova Southeastern University