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LOUIS J. BEVILACQUA, PSYD, is a Clinical Psychologist and Vice President of Life Counseling Services (LCS), which has over twenty-five office locations throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida. Dr. Bevilacqua is the Internship Training Director at LCS, which is an Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) approved training program. FRANK M. DATTILIO, PHD, ABPP, maintains a dual faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at??Harvard Medical School??and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Distinguished Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association's Division 29. He has written more than 200 professional publications and fourteen books in the areas of marital and family discord, anxiety disorders, and forensic and clinical psychology.

• Wiley PracticePlanners® Series Preface xvAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction xixSection I—Activity/Family Imbalance 1Exercise I.A When Can We Be Together? 2Section II—Addictions 3Exercise II.A How Much Does It Cost? 4Exercise II.B Staying Clean 8Exercise II.C What Else Can I Do? 11Exercise II.D Keeping Busy 13Section III—Adoption 15Exercise III.A This Is How I Feel 16Exercise III.B My Safe Place 19Section IV—Anger Management 20Exercise IV.A Is It Passive, Aggressive, or Assertive? 21Exercise IV.B Why Am I So Angry? 26Exercise IV.C What Happens When I Become Angry? 28Exercise IV.D I Don’t Have Any Bruises But I Still Hurt 31Exercise IV.E Go Blow Out Some Candles 36Section V—Anxiety 37Exercise V.A It’s Us Against the Anxiety 38Exercise V.B My/Our Daughter Is Afraid to Go to School 40Exercise V.C When I Feel Anxious It Is Like . . . 42Exercise V.D My Mother’s Anxiety Makes Me Feel . . . 45Section VI—Behavioral Problems With Children and Adolescents 47Exercise VI.A My Child Just Won’t Listen 48Exercise VI.B Acting as If 52Exercise VI.C We Have to Make Some Type of Agreement 55Exercise VI.D Charting Our Course 58Section VII—Bipolar 60Exercise VII.A My Mom Just Won’t Stay on Her Medication 61Section VIII—Blaming 65Exercise VIII.A What Do I Say? What Can I Say? 66Exercise VIII.B Don’t Look at Me, Ask Him 69Exercise VIII.C The Blaming Jar 71Exercise VIII.D What’s My Job? 73Section IX—Blended Families 75Exercise IX.A I Don’t Like It When You . . . 76Exercise IX.B I Have Too Many Parents 80Exercise IX.C We Need to Agree 85Section X—Communication Problems 88Exercise X.A How Can I Talk So He’ll Listen? 89Exercise X.B Everything Is Always Negative in Our House 92Section XI—Death/Loss Issues 93Exercise XI.A Remember When . . . 94Exercise XI.B Until We Meet Again, Love 97Exercise XI.C The Questions, Feelings, Comments/Concerns Game 102Section XII—Dependency 103Exercise XII.A Dependency Go Away 104Section XIII—Depression 106Exercise XIII.A Do I Have To Be Depressed? 107Exercise XIII.B My Positive Script 110Exercise XIII.C Someone in My Family Is Depressed 113Exercise XIII.D What Am I Thinking When I Am Feeling Depressed? 115Exercise XIII.E What Do Others Value about Me? 117Exercise XIII.F My/Our Daughter is Depressed 119Section XIV—Disengagement/Loss of Family Cohesion 121Exercise XIV.A Circles of Perception 122Section XV—Eating Disorders 124Exercise XV.A I Need to Get Control 125Exercise XV.B What Am I Thinking? 128Exercise XV.C Why Is She Doing This? 131Section XVI—Estranged Family Members 133Exercise XVI.A We’re No Longer Speaking to One Another 134Exercise XVI.B I Miss You 136Section XVII—Family Business Conflicts 139Exercise XVII.A A Changing of the Guard 140Exercise XVII.B Who Is Doing What? 142Section XVIII—Family-of-Origin Interference 143Exercise XVIII.A Thanks, But No Thanks 144Exercise XVIII.B How Can I Tell Her to Mind Her Own Business? 146Section XIX—Foster Care 147Exercise XIX.A I Want to Go Home 148Section XX—Geographic Relocation 150Exercise XX.A We’re Moving 151Exercise XX.B Should We or Should We Not? 153Section XXI—Inheritance Disputes 155Exercise XXI.A He Always Did Like You Best 156Section XXII—Interracial Family Problems 157Exercise XXII.A They’re Calling Me a Half-Breed 158Section XXIII—Intolerance/Defensiveness 160Exercise XXIII.A Before and After 161Exercise XXIII.B Why Can’t You Understand My Side for Once? Part I 164Exercise XXIII.C Why Can’t You Understand My Side for Once? Part II 166Section XXIV—Jealousy/Insecurity 167Exercise XXIV.A I Don’t Have to Be Jealous or Insecure Anymore 168Exercise XXIV.B I Am Not Jealous 171Section XXV—Life-Threatening/Chronic Illness 174Exercise XXV.A Johnny Has Leukemia 175Section XXVI—Multiple-Birth Dilemmas 176Exercise XXVI.A With Seven You Get an Eggroll 177Exercise XXVI.B How Are We Going to Do This? 179Section XXVII—Pervasive Developmental Disorders 180Exercise XXVII.A Knowing What to Expect 181Section XXVIII—Physical Disabilities 182Exercise XXVIII.A Why Is Dad in Bed All Day? 183Section XXIX—Physical/Verbal/Psychological Abuse 184Exercise XXIX.A What Is Okay and What Is Not Okay? 185Section XXX—Religious/Spiritual Conflicts 187Exercise XXX.A I Don’t Know What to Believe in Anymore 188Section XXXI—Schizophrenia 190Exercise XXXI.A My Brother Hears Voices 191Section XXXII—School Problems 193Exercise XXXII.A My Teenager Is Truant 194Section XXXIII—Separation/Divorce 197Exercise XXXIII.A My Parents Are Getting a Divorce 198Section XXXIV—Sexual Abuse 200Exercise XXXIV.A I Will Be a Survivor! 201Exercise XXXIV.B Getting It Out 208Exercise XXXIV.C I Gotta Stop Thinking This Way 213Exercise XXXIV.D A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words 215Section XXXV—Sexual Preferences 219Exercise XXXV.A I Am Still Danny 220Section XXXVI—Suicide Attempts 221Exercise XXXVI.A I Want Things to Be Better 222Exercise XXXVI.B Creating a Positive Outlook 227Section XXXVII—Unwanted/Unplanned Pregnancies 229Exercise XXXVII.A Honey, Guess What? 230References 233About the Authors 235About the Downloadable Assignments 237