Systemic Treatment of Families Who Abuse

by Eliana Gil

A direct, informed approach involving all family members

An invaluable guide for enhancing your skills when working withfamilies in which child abuse has occurred. Systemic Treatment ofFamilies Who Abuse addresses both the symptoms and precipitatingissues of child abuse and neglect, and also

* offers new ideas for effective treatment
* identifies the conditions that are often present when child abuseoccurs
* outlines the protective factors that can counteract a person'stAndency toward child abuse

The author discusses how the treatment of child abuse differs fromgeneric treatment, and stresses the necessity for systemicinterventions for everyone: abusers, abused, and nonabused familymembers.

264 pages, Hardcover

First published November 2, 1995

Reviews

[bookworm22 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book. Gil is amazing and shares lots of illustrative cases/dialogue. At the end of the book is a section that was very powerful, regarding lessons learned from mistakes she has made.

The book provides a very good foundation for treatment of sexual abuse/physical abuse. She gives some very good directions and is in touch with treatment that included children.

[Framchar5 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really good book, you must read it if you work with families and children in social risk.