"Anyone working with families in crises will learn much from this highly readable and refreshing book."--Child and Family "In this book, Froma Walsh has illustrated how the incorporation of important ideas about attachment, emotion regulation, and resource management from the research on resiliency in families into the therapy process can benefit both the families in distress and the therapists working with those families. In addition, she highlights two other essential domains that are often omitted from standard family therapy text--the impact of structural power on a family member's and the therapist's access to resources and the abilities a family therapist must possess in order to work with families in crisis." --Journal of Family Psychotherapy ".Masterfully integrates decades of family-therapy research and practice. Dr. Walsh's scholarship, experience, and wisdom are evident throughout the text." --Families in Society "[A] pathbreaking book.

provides an excellent portrayal of practice principles and case examples that all professionals can use. A family resilience framework provides a wonderful view for working with many families from a range of backgrounds. It opens up some new ways for understanding families, making assessments, and interventions through an understanding of individual and family resilience that can refuel one's therapeutic work with individuals, couples, and families. The book should be read by mental health professionals from all disciplines and used for teaching purposes by mental health educators." --Social Service Review ".a landmark book for all who value a family strengths approach to working with families.This book has all the marks of careful scholarship; yet it reads well and provides many case studies to reinforce the author's views. Conceptually, Walsh's thinking is user-friendly for persons working in family ministry.

Required reading for anyone serious about family ministry today." --Family Ministry "This important volume combines three elements of value for the practitioner, researcher, or academician: integration of research/practice on the 'strengths approach' to working with families; incorporation of 'resiliency' as a construct for supporting individuals and families undergoing stress and change; and clinical vignettes and personal anecdotes that consistently engage the reader's mind and heart." --Readings ".provides a fresh, innovative perspective an the topic of resilience, or the ability to adapt to life's challenges.A scholarly and nicely produced book that is written to be accessible to a wide audience, this title will be a solid acquisition on a timely topic. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals." --Choice "Froma Walsh has an encyclopedic awareness of resources and the ability to integrate them into a thoughtful and practical volume.family professionals could immediately apply learnings from this volume.

While Walsh's primary area of work is in therapeutic settings, this book can be easily utilized by a wide spectrum of workers." --Family Forum: Minnesota Council on Family Relations.