The Therapist's Notebook for Family Health Care
Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Individuals, Couples, and Families Coping with Illness, Loss, and Disability

Presents interventions for working with individuals, couples, and families dealing with illness, loss, and disability. This book covers a broad scope of common problems. It shows how to use the Family System Test (FAST) to explore clients' experiences with their healthcare system and providers. It features tables, charts, and handouts for clients.

With a wealth of tables, charts, handouts, and bibliotherapy resources for clients; readings and resources for clinicians; and case vignettes, "The Therapist's Notebook for Family Health Care" is an excellent resource for a wide variety of practitioners, including, counselors, psychologists, social workers, grief workers, hospice workers, health psychologists, and medical social workers. It is also an ideal text for psychotherapy and counseling students and educators.

SECTION I: INTERVENTIONS FOR WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND CHRONIC ILLNESS 1. The Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Interview Method (Jennifer Hodgson, Angela L. Lamson, and Lauren Reese).
2. A "FAST" Approach to Health Care (Thomas M. Gehring and Katherine M. Hertlein).
3. Increasing Social Support to Manage Chronic Illness (Claudia Grauf-Grounds).
4. Doctor's Bag of Coping Skills (Miriam Claire Godwin).
5. Coping and Adapting to Developmental Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities Using a Patient Education Tool in Family Therapy (Layne A. Prest and Heath Grames).
6. An Adaptive World Model for Meeting the Demands of Chronic Illness (W. David Robinson, Layne A. Prest, and Jason S. Carroll).
7. Positive and Negative Feelings Boxes (Miriam Claire Godwin).
8. Extraordinary Parts: The Wife, Mother, and Survivor (Katherine M. Hertlein and Deanna Linville).
9. The Healthy Families Project (Lisa Lavelle).
SECTION II: INTERVENTIONS FOR WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND ILLNESS
10. Fun with Bubbles: Relieving Childhood Pain and Physical Symptoms (Olivia Chiang, Jeri Hepworth, and Susan McDaniel).
11. The Superhero in All of Us (Deanna Linville and Michelle R. Ward).
12. The Angry Feelings Toolbox (Michelle R. Ward and Deanna Linville).
13. Why Is My Kid Doing This and What Can I Do? Facilitating Family Problem Solving Using Scatterplots (Theodore A. Hoch).
14. The ANGELS (A Neighbor Giving Encouragement, Love, and Support): A Collaborative Project for Teens with Diabetes (Tai J. Mendenhall and William J. Doherty).
15. Facilitated Mirroring: Building Perspective in Clients with Asperger's Syndrome (Nan Gray Lester).
SECTION III: ILLNESS-SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS FOR FAMILIES
16. Adaptation of the Family Systems Illness Model for HIV/AIDS Patients and Their Partners (G. Bowden Templeton, Shayne R. Anderson, and Stephanie R. Burwell).
17. Quilting As a Meaning-Making Intervention for HIV/AIDS (Shoshana D. Kerewsky).
18. Family-Oriented Diabetes Management: Good Nutrition and Portion Control (Carol Pflaffy).
19. Steps to an Ecology of Treatment: A Handout for Clients with Diabetes (Shoshana D. Kerewsky).
20. Every Woman's Problem: Self-Assessment for Disordered Eating and Body Image Despair (Margo D. Maine).
21. Put a Wrench in It (Nicole M. Childs and Stephanie R. Burwell).
22. Women Caring for Partners with Dementia: A Contextual Model (Christine A. Fruhauf and Jennifer T. Aberle).
23. Inviting Resiliency to Join the Family's Journey with Cancer (Anne Prouty Lyness).
24. Exploring Mood Differences: Sports Car and K-Car Metaphor (Nancy Taylor Kemp).
SECTION IV: INTERVENTIONS FOR WORKING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS
25. Story Squares: Creating a Dialogue with Grieving Children (Tiffany B. Brown).
26. Open Up a Window (Miriam Claire Godwin).
27. Threading the Strengths of Families through Loss and Grief (Miriam Claire Godwin and Angela L. Lamson).
28. A Creative Encounter with Anticipatory Loss (Claudia Grauf-Grounds).
29. Aging Parents and End-of-Life Decisions: Helping Families Negotiate Difficult Conversations (Nathalie L. Kees, Jennifer T. Aberle, and Christine A. Fruhauf).
BONUS SECTION: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ILLNESS AND LOSS
30. Achoo! Treating Clients When the Therapist Faces a Chronic Illness (Katherine M. Hertlein).
31. Building Your Home Project (Angela L. Lamson and Patrick L. Meadors).