Normal Family Processes, Second Edition

Froma Walsh, PhD, is Professor in the School of Social Service Administration and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago. She is also the founding Codirector of the University-based Center for Family Health and its affiliated family therapy training institute, the Chicago Center for Family Health. She is the Editor of the Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, past president of the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA), recipient of AFTA's Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Her edited or coedited publications include Normal Family Processes, Second Edition; Women in Families; Living Beyond Loss; and a forthcoming book on spirituality and family therapy.

Foreword by Lyman Wynne. Overview. Walsh, Advances in Conceptualization of Normal Family Processes. Research on Normal Family Processes. Beavers, Hampson, Measuring Family Competence: The Beavers Systems Model. Olson, The Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems. Epstein, Bishop, Ryan, Miller, Keitner, The McMaster Model: View of Healthy Family Functioning. Bussell, Reiss, Genetic Influences on Family Process: The Emergence of a New Paradigm in Family Research. Emerging Family Forms and Challenges. Piortrkowski, Hughes, Dual-Earner Families: Managing Family and Work Systems. Hetherington, Divorce: Challenges, Changes and New Chances. Visher & Visher, Remarriage Families and Stepparenting. Anderson, Piantanida, Anderson, Normal Processes in Adoptive Families. Laird, Lesbian and Gay Families. Normal Family Processes in Social and Developmental Contexts. McGoldrick, Ethnicity, Cultural Diversity, and Normality. Boyd-Franklin, Race, Class and Poverty. Ellman, Taggart, Changing Gender Norms. McGoldrick, Heiman, Carter, The Changing Family Life Cycle: A Perspective on Normalcy. Rolland, Mastering Family Challenges: Coping with Serious Illness and Disability. Challenges for Policy, Practice, and Research. Hartman, Challenges for Family Policy. Walsh, Directions for Family Therapy Training and Family Process Research.