Family Assessment: Contemporary and Cutting-Edge Strategies (Family Therapy and Counseling)
"Family Assessment: Contemporary and Cutting-Edge Strategiesshould be on the desk of every clinician and researcher engaged in the psychological and behavioral assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, families, and couples. In the age of evidence-based practice it is critical that state-of-the-art assessment tools are used, and Dr. Sperry and his colleagues offer a readable, practical, researched-based and fully updated guide that will sure to keep mental-health professionals on the cutting-edge of professional assessment. This book will make their job easier for sure."—Thomas G. Plante, PhD, professor of psychology at Santa Clara University and adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine"Encyclopedic in scope, systematically organized, and reader friendly. This volume will definitely be the go-to text for students, practitioners, and researchers seeking assessment measures and a myriad strategies for evaluating children, couples, and families."—Gerald R. Weeks, PhD, professor of marriage and family therapy, University of Nevada-Las Vegas and coeditor ofCouples in Treatment: Techniques and Approaches for Effective Practice,3rd Ed"This important book will surely become, like the first edition, a core resource for students, practicing clinicians, and family researchers."—From the foreword by Jay Lebow, PhD, Family Institute at Northwestern University