International Family Systems Therapy

Maurizio Andolfi, MD, is an internationally renowned child psychiatrist, Director of the Family Therapy Academy in Rome, Italy, and Editor-in-Chief of Italian journal Terapia Familiare. He is also Director of the Perth Circle for the Advancement of Family Therapy in Western Australia.Antonello D’Elia, MD, is a psychiatrist, trainer, and supervisor of the Family Therapy Academy, Italy, and Deputy Editor of Italian journal Terapia Familiare. He is also President of Società Italiana di Psichiatria Democratica.Peter Fraenkel, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the City College of New York and a former faculty member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family.

“This book is a global 'enactment' of the rebirth of systemic therapy to heal families and communities in the 21st Century–a must-read for all interested in true human, relational and societal transformation.”Silvia M. Kaminsky, M.S.Ed., LMFT American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) President (Jan. 2023–Dec. 2024)“A comprehensive systems framework that inspires both trainees and seasoned practitioners to use creative interventions, nurturing family resilience through various life stages and bridging cultural and national divides.”Joel Elizur, Professor (Emeritus), Clinical Child and Educational Psychology Program, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem“What a tour de force! Andolfi’s book captures the spirit of his Assisi conference and its Manifesto: Valuing our children, couples, our resiliencies and diversities. It's a must-read!”Rob Garfield, M.D., clinical faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

• PART 1Get Rid of Labels and Pills: Empowering Children as an Invaluable Resource1. From Child-problems to Family Resources: A Healing Processby Maurizio Andolfi 2. Amplifying Children’s Voices: Empowering Distressed Children as Family Healersby Wai Yung Lee3. Imagination and Creativity in Family Therapy with Children Labelled with Autism Spectrum Disorderby Michele Zappella4. Exploring the Psychological Landscape of Children with Type 1 Diabetes: A Family Approachby Tiziana Bufacchi5. The Community Project in the Schools of the Family Institute of Porto Alegre, Brazil: Description and Purposeby José Ovídio Copstein Waldemar (2), Breno Irigoyen de Freitas, Klaus Iglesias Hensel, & Lisiane Milhoranza Rech6. “Tell me a Story…mine!”: Children and Parents Talk about Adoptionby Alessandra Santona and Laura GorlaPart 2 Adolescents at High Risk: How to Listen to Their Voice7. The Silent Adolescent in the Family Therapy Sessionby Peter Rober8. Confrontative Intervention in Family Therapy with Suicidal Adolescentsby Noga Nabarro9. Adolescent Family Therapy: Considerations of Systemic and Developmental Lensesby Christine Senediak and Isabelle Feijo 10. De Corporis Momentum: The Importance of the Body in Family Therapy.by Dominique Bardou11. Suicide Attempts in Adolescence: The Line Where Life and Death Meetby Maurizio Andolfi12. Working with High-Risk Adolescents in Combined Group and Family Therapyby José Barrera13. Gender Variance in Adolescenceby Patrizia Petiva (2), Eva Gerino, & Rossella Siragusa 14. Multigenerational Therapy and Violence Against Childrenby Alejandro Astorga and Alicia Cruzat15. Social Withdrawal in Adolescenceby Francesca Ferraguzzi16. Silent Emotions: Embodied Metaphors in Early Onset Eating Disorders in Adolescence and Pre-Adolescenceby Camillo Loriedo17. Therapeutic Work with Families and Adolescents at Risk in a Western Australian Mental Health Serviceby Giulia PacePart 3Family and Social Dimensions of Couple Crises and Divorce18. Resolving Power Struggles in Last Chance Couple Therapyby Peter Fraenkel19. Treating Same Sex Couples: Harnessing the Power of Loveby Michael LaSala20. Intergenerational Couple Therapyby Maurizio Andolfi and Anna Mascellani21. Families Created from the Heartby Natividat Perez and Carmen Catalayud Lliso22. Impact Techniques in Systemic Therapyby Umberta Telfener 23. Family/Couple Therapy through the Lens of Intimate Partner Violence: No Limits or Know Your Limits?by Elisa Agostinelli and Brian Sullivan24. Serious Illness and Disability: Helping Couples Meet the Challengesby John S. Rolland25. Children and Parents in Contemporary Families: From Boundary Ambiguity to the Construction of New Belongingsby Salvatore D’AmorePart 4Trauma, Loss and Resilience: The Healing Power of the Extended Family and Community26. Changing the Subject: From System to Culture to the Eventby Vincenzo Di Nicola and John Farnsworth27. Loss and Resilience through Turbulent Times: Meaning Making, Hope, and Transformationby Froma Walsh28. Resignification: The Gift of Elaboration and Processing a Traumatic Experienceby Shulamit Graber29. Remembering Helps Us Forgetby Antonello D’Elia30. Young Children Remember: The Family as a Resource in the Treatment of Pre-verbal Traumaby Arianne Struik and Raffaella SalvoPART 5 Cultural Diversity, Migration and Social Discrimination31. Family Transformation and Therapy in Malaysia: A Multicultural Mosaic Shaped by Historical Transformationby Bawany Chinapan and Wai-Eng Ding32. Migration in Seven Words: An Inspirational Tool for Thinking about Family Therapyby Ivy Daure33. Cultural Diversity as a Resource in Family Therapyby Lorena Cavalieri34. Empowering and Supporting Japanese Families: A Gender Perspectiveby Tazuko Shibusawa (2), Shinichi Nakamura, Takeyoshi Nozue, Noriko Odagiri, & Mami Onishi35. The Inventiveness of Loss Narratives of Trauma and Resilience among Palestinian Refugees Forcibly Displaced in Israelby Mustafa Qossoqsi36. Interethnic Marriages and Family Dynamics in Senegalby Geneviève Platteau and Waly Fatou Diop37. Introducing Climate Change in Mental Health Practiceby Olga Garcia Falceto (2), Enrique Falceto de Barros, & Luisa Falceto de Barros