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Strengthening Family Resilience
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Froma Walsh, MSW, PhD
In this widely used course text and practitioner resource, Froma Walsh provides a state-of-the-
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Froma Walsh, MSW, PhD, is
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Contents for Strengthening Family Resilience, Third Edition
I. Overview
1. Foundations of a Family Resilience Approach
2. Family Diversity and Complexity in a
Changing World
II. Key Family Processes in Resilience
3. Belief Systems
4. Organizational Processes
5. Communication Processes
III. Practice Applications
6. Assessing Family Resilience
7. Practice Principles and Guidelines to
Strengthen Family Resilience
8. Applying a Family Resilience Framework in
Community-Based Services
IV. Facilitating Family Resilience through
Crisis, Transition, and Persistent Challenges
9. Challenges and Resilience over the Family
Life Cycle
10. Loss, Recovery, and Resilience
11. Traumatic Loss and Collective Trauma
12. Serious Illness and Disabilities
13. Nurturing Resilience in Vulnerable,
Multistressed Families
14. Reconnection and Reconciliation
Appendices
1. Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire
2. Applying Resilience-Based Genograms
3. Exploring the Spiritual Dimension in Family
Life
References
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