Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction; I. Basics in Theory and Practice; 1. The Single-Parent Family: Myth and Reality; 2. The Theoretical Perspective: A Systems Approach; 3. From Intake to Initial Interview; 4. The Initial Interview as a Microcosm of Therapy; II. Case Studies; A. Issues of Desertion, Marriage, Divorce, and Death; 5. In Search of a Missing Parent; 6. An Unfinished Marriage; 7. An Unfinished Divorce; 8. Death in the Family; B. Transitions; 9. Breaking With the Past to Make a New Life
10. Letting Go of a Daughter to Face the Future11. A Change of Custody; III. The Single-Parent Family at the Interface with Society; 12. The Single-Parent Family and the School; 13. Viewing the Multiproblem Family in Its Broader Context; 14. The Single-Parent Family and Public Policy; Index
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First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
