Beliefs: The Heart of Healing in Families and Illness by Drs. Lorraine M. Wright, Wendy L. Watson and Janice M. Bell. Published by Basic Books, New York, 1996.

"The knowledge and expertise of the authors is evident...A useful resource and one which could be of great benefit to a wide variety of clinicians."

Table of Contents

Part I: Beliefs: The Heart of the Matter
   1. Beliefs: Many Lenses, Many Expectations
   2. Beliefs About Families and Illness
   3. Beliefs About Therapeutic Change and Clinicians
Part II: Key Macromoves of our Advanced Clinical Approach
   4. Creating a Context for Changing Beliefs
   5. Uncovering and Distinguishing Illness Beliefs
   6. Challenging, Altering, and Modifying Constraining Beliefs
   7. Distinguishing Change: Identifying, Affirming, and Solidifying Facilitative Beliefs
Part III: Clinical Exemplar
   8. Clinical Exemplar: Taking One's Own Advice
Epilogue
Appendix A: Description of Research Families
Appendix B: Overview of the Research Method
Appendix C: Ways to Examine and Measure Beliefs
References
Index

Canadian Child Psychiatry Review

"This stunning, groundbreaking book offers the first comprehensive clinical model to understand and work most effectively with family beliefs and spirituality in the face of illness and suffering. This book is a must for both students and seasoned health and mental health professionals."

John S. Rolland, M.D. author of Families, Illness, and Disability

"I recommend this book to all family therapists, not just those who make the experience of chronic illness in families a focus of their practice."

David Epston, M.A., C.Q.S.W. Family Therapy Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand

Beliefs are the lenses through which we view the world and the blueprints from which we construct our lives. At no time are family and individual beliefs more affirmed, challenged, or threatened than when illness emerges.

But some beliefs are more useful than others. This is the first book to offer a specific clinical approach for examining family members' beliefs and intervening in that area. Drawing on disciplines ranging from religion to anthropology as well as on family therapy and psychology, the authors describe their own advanced practice model. Rich in clinical examples, the book takes readers inside the therapeutic conversation between the clinician and family members to show the model in action. By drawing forth more facilitative beliefs to cope with illness, the authors uncover and expand the therapeutic possibilities for helping and healing families

Lorraine M. Wright, R.N., Ph.D., is director of the Family Nursing Unit and professor on the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. Wendy L. Watson, R.N., Ph.D., is professor of Marriage and Family Programs at Brigham Young University. Janice M. Bell, R.N., Ph.D., is research coordinator at the Family Nursing Unit and associate professor on the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary.

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ISBN: 0-465-02317-7, 1996, 336 Pages, $52.00, hc

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Translated into Swedish and Japanese.