Solving Modern Family Dilemmas

To help readers succeed with the "modern family," Patricia Pitta introduces Assimilative Family Therapy. She instructs on how to be sensitive to the many unique contexts presented by the modern family and its individuals, and how to integrate evidence-based theories and therapies.

Patricia Pitta, PhD, ABPP, is a Clinical Psychologist and a Board Certified Family and Couple Psychologist. She is in private practice in Manhasset, New York, and an Adjunct Clinical Professor and Clinical Supervisor at St. John's University.

Series Foreword. Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction. Section I: The Assimilative Family Therapy Model: An Overview 1. The Assimilative Family Therapy Model (AFT): A Model of Choice to Treat Modern Day Families 2. Know Your Family's Context: Essential Elements to Consider 3. Theories and Concepts Included in Assimilative Family Therapy Model 4. How the Assimilative Family Therapy Model Helps Heal SECTION II: Treating Child/Adolescent Centered Families: Through The Assimilative Family Therapy Model 5. Child/Adolescent Dilemmas: An Overview 6. Issues and Behaviors of Childhood 7. Adolescent Centered Dilemmas: Context and Perspectives of Adolescence 8. The Individual: LGBTQ Individuation 9. The AFT Model and Couple Therapy 10. Parenting Parents/Caretaking Spouses: A Struggle for Power, Life and Assistance Epilogue. References. Appendices