If you need one book thats crammed with clinically excellent genuinely wellinformed and useful ideas for working with family relationships in all theirpermutati... » 

If you need one book thats crammed with clinically excellent genuinely wellinformed and useful ideas for working with family relationships in all theirpermutations this is undoubtedly it Professor Colin Feltham SheffieldHallam UniversityThis is easy to read and has a clear layout. Counselling MSc students may findit an interesting introduction to the topic Times Higher Education Magazine May 2009This book is a practical skillsbased introduction to relationship counselling.It covers couple counselling for parents wholefamily counselling andcounselling for children and young people with regard to their relationshipswith siblings peers and parents. The text also includeso an introduction to relationship counselling theory and conceptso discussion of the importance of relying on a clearly defined theory of changeo ways to address parenting issueso an exploration of confidentiality disclosing inappropriate behaviour andpersonal safety.Kathryn Geldard and David Geldard present an integrative model of relationshipcounselling which combines skills and strategies from a number of approaches.Their practical guide integrates individual and subgroup counselling withwholefamily counselling providing muchneeded material on methods andapproaches for communicating with children and young people.The book will be invaluable to new relationship counsellors learning the skillsrequired in order to bring about change and will be a useful reference bookfor experienced counsellors. «