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Painful Partings

Lita Linzer Schwartz

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Description for Painful Partings Hardcover. With the current divorce rate around 50%, couples and family therapists need a clear understanding of the dynamics of divorce. This book explores the clinical issues involved in marriage dissolution. It examines the legal and financial aspects of divorce as well as the consequences for parents, children, and the extended family. Series: Wiley Series in Couples & Family Dynamics & Treatment. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMH; VFVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Acclaim for Painful Partings . . .

"A rare triple threat book--for professionals, students, andlaypersons. Sensitive--wise--comprehensive, Schwartz and Kaslow'swork represents a maturing of a realistic stance toward divorce."--William C. Nichols, EdD, ABPP Atlanta, Georgia

"This articulate, compassionate, and informed book is essentialreading for all therapists who work with divorced or divorcingfamilies. Scholarly, yet readable, its developmental frameworkgives coherence to an often confusing area of practice." --AugustusY. Napier, PhD Director, The Family Workshop, Atlanta,Georgia

"[Painful Partings] masters both the legal and mental health issuesof divorce." --Judge Joseph L. Steinberg Superior Court, State ... Read moreofConnecticut, Regional Family Trial Docket

"Obtaining a legal divorce may seem fairly straightforward.Emotional divorce, on the other hand, is a much more complicatedprocess. In this book, the reader is taken step by painful stepinto the process of helping couples become emotionally divorced."--Luciano L'Abate, PhDProfessor Emeritus, Georgia StateUniversity

"This book achieves a remarkable result in explaining sophisticatedfamily-system concepts . . . into practical clinical suggestions."--Barry Bricklin, PhD Wayne, Pennsylvania.

"This book is a must for professionals, but is also important forthose who are contemplating or in the process of divorcing." --Hon.Walter M. Schackman, JSC Supreme Court of the State of NewYork

"Must reading for clinicians and professionals working with andteaching about divorce and for those going through the process."--Clifford J. Sager, MD Director of Marital and Family Services,Payne Whitney Clinic

"The journey [toward divorce] seems analogous to a prolonged rollercoaster ride--at the beginning, climbing up and out is laboriousand slow, followed by brief periods of respite and relief at theapex, and then a rapid descent into what may seem like a bottomlesspit of pain and despair. As the months pass by, the ride becomesless turbulent as the highs and lows become less extreme, andultimately, the travelers alight from the tempestuous ride, andestablish a stable postdivorce existence." --from the Preface

For those who have made the difficult decision to end theirmarriage, emotional divorce can be as difficult to achieve as legaldivorce. This timely and compassionate book shows couples, theirfamilies, and their therapists how best to navigate the bumpyterrain of the road to divorce.

In their 1987 classic, The Dynamics of Divorce, family-systemsexperts Lita Linzer Schwartz and Florence W. Kaslow offered aprovocative analysis of how life-cycle stages impact the decisionto divorce, and how divorce affects individual development. In thisgroundbreaking new volume, the authors look at changing life-cycletrends in divorce and explore a host of new economic, cultural, andsocial issues confronting a highly mobile generation of divorcedspouses and parents.

The book covers emerging alternatives to litigation--likemediation, and looks at sensitive legal matters, such as physicaland emotional abuse and child custody. It also examines timelyissues like fathers' rights, mid-life divorce, and what happenswhen one partner exits a marriage in order to lead a homosexuallifestyle.

Painful Partings shows marriage and family therapists how to helpclients marshal their energies toward constructive closure, ratherthan destructive resolution. For example, there is a full chapteron the religious aspects of divorce, including conducting a Ritualof Release--a departure ceremony paralleling the original marriage.Essential reading for therapists who work with divorced anddivorcing families, the book is also a compassionate guide forspouses and parents negotiating the painful process of divorce. Show Less

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Format

Hardback

Publication date

1997

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States

Number of pages

320

Condition

New

Series

Wiley Series in Couples & Family Dynamics & Treatment

Number of Pages

320

Place of Publication

New York, United States

ISBN

9780471110095

SKU

V9780471110095

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About Lita Linzer Schwartz

LITA LINZER SCHWARTZ, PhD, ABPP, is Distinguished Professor Emeritaat the Pennsylvania State University. She has authored orcoauthored 14 previous books, including Mid-Life Divorce Counselingand Alternatives to Infertility. FLORENCE W. KASLOW, PhD, ABPP, is Director of the Florida Couplesand Family Institute. She is past president of the FamilyPsychology Division of the American Psychological Association, andof the International Family ... Read more

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