Strengthening Family Resilience, Third Edition

Froma Walsh, MSW, PhD, is the Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and the Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Chicago Center for Family Health. Dr. Walsh is an internationally respected clinical scholar and a foremost authority on family resilience. Integrating developmental, relational, sociocultural, and spiritual perspectives, her resilience-oriented systemic approach with individuals, couples, and families fosters healing and positive adaptation. She is past editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and past president of the American Family Therapy Academy. Dr. Walsh is the recipient of many honors for distinguished contributions to theory, research, and practice, including the Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association and awards from the American Family Therapy Academy, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Orthopsychiatric Association, and the Society for Pastoral Counseling Research. She is a frequent speaker and consultant internationally, and her books have been translated into many languages.

I. Overview
1. Foundations of a Family Resilience Approach
2. Family Diversity and Complexity in a Changing World: Varied Challenges and Pathways in Resilience
II. Key Family Processes in Resilience
3. Belief Systems: The Heart and Soul of Resilience
4. Organizational Processes: Relational and Structural Supports
5. Communication Processes: Facilitating Meaning Making, Mutual Support, and Problem Solving
III. Practice Applications
6. Assessing Family Resilience: Useful Maps for Practice and Research
7. Practice Principles and Guidelines to Strengthen Family Resilience
8. Applying a Family Resilience Framework in Community-Based Services
IV. Facilitating Family Resilience through Crisis, Transition, and Persistent Challenges
9. Challenges and Resilience over the Family Life Cycle: A Developmental Systems Perspective
10. Loss, Recovery, and Resilience
11. Traumatic Loss and Collective Trauma: Strengthening Family and Community Resilience
12. Serious Illness and Disabilities: Family Challenges and Resilience
13. Nurturing Resilience in Vulnerable, Multi-Stressed Families
14. Reconnection and Reconciliation: Healing Relational Wounds
Appendix I. Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire
Appendix II. Developing Resilience-Based Genograms: Outline and Sample Questions
Appendix III. Exploring the Spiritual Dimension in Family Life: Sources of Distress and Resources for Well-Being, Healing, and Resilience
References
Index