Changing Self-Destructive Habits: Pathways to Solutions with Couples and Families

For the first time in one volume self-harm, substance abuse, eating-disordered behavior, gambling, and Internet and cyber sex abuse-five crippling, self-destructive behaviors-are given a common conceptual framework to help with therapeutic intervention. The authors use a solution-focused approach to address the difficulties of change, the risk of slips and relapses, and the ups-and-downs of therapeutic processes.

Author: Matthew D. Selekman, Mark Beyebach
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/05/2013
Pages: 358
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780415820769

About the Author

Matthew D. Selekman, MSW, is a family therapist and a licensed addictions counselor in private practice, and the co-director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions, an international family therapy training and consulting firm in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He is an approved supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and also received the Walter S. Rosenberry Award in 2006, 2000, and 1999 from the Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado, for having made significant contributions to the fields of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences.

Mark Beyebach, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, and a licensed family therapist and family therapy supervisor in Spain. For the past 18 years, he has served as the director of the Master's Degree Program in Systemic Therapy in the Department of Psychology at the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain. He also serves as a clinical research consultant and trainer for Partners for Collaborative Solutions in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He is currently a board member for the European Brief Therapy Association, and has been on the executive board of the Spanish Federation of Family Therapy Associations.