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Authors: Louis J. Bevilacqua, Frank M. Dattilio
ISBN-13: 9780471385127, ISBN-10: 0471385123
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: March 2001
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Louis J. Bevilacqua

LOUIS J. BEVILACQUA, MEd, NCC, is a National Board Certified Counselor and Clinical Director and Cofounder of Connections Adolescent and Family Care.
FRANK M. DATTILIO, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical psychologist and Clinical Director of the Center for Integrative Psychotherapy. He is the coauthor of The Family Therapy Treatment Planner.

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Now fully updated, this book provides an array of homework assignments to help families develop the insight and skills needed to work through their problems. The Second Edition is filled with exercises covering behavioral and psychological problems, including family-of-origin interference, depression in family members, divorce, financial conflict, adolescent and parent conflicts, traumatic life events, and dependency issues. In addition, an accompanying CD-ROM contains all the exercises in Microsoft Word^® format, allowing clinicians to customize them to suit their clients' unique styles and needs.

	Practice Planner Series Preface
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Sect. I	Additions	1
Exercise I.A	Staying Clean	2
Exercise I.B	What Else Can I Do?	5
Exercise I.C	Other Addictive Behaviors	7
Sect. II	Adoption	10
Exercise II.A	This Is How I Feel	11
Exercise II.B	My Safe Place	14
Sect. III	Anger Problems	17
Exercise III.A	Why Am I So Angry?	18
Exercise III.B	What Happens When I Become Angry?	20
Exercise III.C	I Don't Have Any Bruises but I Still Hurt	23
Exercise III.D	Go Blow Out Some Candles	27
Sect. IV	Anxiety	29
Exercise IV.A	My/Our Daughter Is Afraid to Go to School	30
Exercise IV.B	When I Feel Anxious It Is Like ...	32
Exercise IV.C	My Mother's Anxiety Makes Me Feel ...	35
Sect. V	Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents	38
Exercise V.A	My Child Just Won't Listen	39
Exercise V.B	Acting As If	42
Exercise V.C	We Have to Have Some Kind of Agreement	45
Exercise V.D	Charting Our Course	48
Sect. VI	Bipolar Disorder	51
Exercise VI.A	My Mom Just Won't Stay on Her Medication	52
Sect. VII	Blaming	56
Exercise VII.A	Don't Look at Me, Ask Him	57
Exercise VII.B	The Blaming Jar	59
Exercise VII.C	What's My Job?	61
Sect. VIII	Blended Families	64
Exercise VIII.A	I Have Too Many Parents	65
Exercise VIII.B	We Need to Agree	69
Sect. IX	Child Sexual Abuse	73
Exercise IX.A	Getting It Out	74
Exercise IX.B	I Gotta Stop Thinking This Way	79
Exercise IX.C	A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words	81
Sect. X	Communication Problems	86
Exercise X.A	How Can I Talk So He'll Listen?	87
Exercise X.B	Everything Is Always Negative in Our House	90
Sect. XI	Death/Loss Issues	92
Exercise XI.A	Gone but Not Forgotten	93
Sect. XII	Depression	98
Exercise XII.A	Someone in My Family Is Depressed	99
Exercise XII.B	When Am I Depressed?	101
Exercise XII.C	What Am I Thinking When I Am Feeling Depressed?	104
Exercise XII.D	What Do Others Value about Me?	106
Exercise XII.E	My/Our Daughter Is Depressed	108
Sect. XIII	Disillusionment with Family Ties	111
Exercise XIII.A	Circles of Perception	112
Sect. XIV	Divorce/Separation	115
Exercise XIV.A	My Parents Are Getting a Divorce	116
Sect. XV	Eating Disorders	120
Exercise XV.A	I Need to Get Control	121
Exercise XV.B	What Am I Thinking?	124
Exercise XV.C	Why Is She Doing This?	127
Sect. XVI	External Activities Affecting Family Role	130
Exercise XVI.A	When Can We Be Together?	131
Sect. XVII	Family Business Conflicts	133
Exercise XVII.A	A Changing of the Guard	134
Exercise XVII.B	Who Is Doing What?	136
Sect. XVIII	Family-of-Origin Interference	138
Exercise XVIII.A	Thanks, but No Thanks	139
Exercise XVIII.B	How Can I Tell Her to Mind Her Own Business?	141
Sect. XIX	Foster Care	143
Exercise XIX.A	I Want to Go Home	144
Sect. XX	Geographic Relocation	147
Exercise XX.A	We're Moving	148
Exercise XX.B	Should We or Should We Not?	150
Sect. XXI	Inheritance Disputes	153
Exercise XXI.A	He Always Did Like You Best	154
Sect. XXII	Interracial Family Problems	156
Exercise XXII.A	They're Calling Me a Half-Breed	157
Sect. XXIII	Intolerance/Defensiveness	159
Exercise XXIII.A	Why Can't You Understand My Side for Once? (Part I)	160
Exercise XXIII.B	Why Can't Your Understand My Side for Once? (Part II)	162
Sect. XXIV	Jealousy/Insecurity	164
Exercise XXIV.A	I Am Not Jealous	165
Sect. XXV	Life-Threatening/Chronic Illness	168
Exercise XXV.A	Johnny Has Leukemia	169
Sect. XXVI	Multiple-Birth Dilemmas	171
Exercise XXVI.A	With Seven You Get an Eggroll	172
Exercise XXVI.B	How Are We Going to Do This?	174
Sect. XXVII	Pervasive Developmental Disorders	176
Exercise XXVII.A	Knowing What to Expect	177
Sect. XXVIII	Physical Disabilities	179
Exercise XXVIII.A	Why Is Dad in Bed All Day?	180
Sect. XXIX	Religious/Spiritual Conflicts	182
Exercise XXIX.A	I Don't Know What to Believe In Anymore	183
Sect. XXX	Schizophrenia	186
Exercise XXX.A	My Brother Hears Voices	187
Sect. XXXI	School Problems	190
Exercise XXXI.A	My Teenager Is Truant	191
Sect. XXXII	Sexual Preferences	196
Exercise XXXII.A	I Am Still Danny	197
Sect. XXXIII	Suicide Attempts	199
Exercise XXXIII.A	I Want Things to Be Better	200
Exercise XXXIII.B	Creating a Positive Outlook	204
Sect. XXXIV	Unwanted/Unplanned Pregnancies	207
Exercise XXXIV.A	Honey, Guess What?	208
	Bibliography	211
	About the Authors	213

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