Florence W. Kaslow

While family businesses have existed for millennia all over the world, it is only in the past few decades that professional consultants have been utilized to help them function more effectively. This engaging, up to the minute volume explores the varied and complex world of family enterprises as they now exist in the third decade of the 21st century. Attention is given to the factors unique to family businesses in their attention to perpetuating family values, traditions, loyalties and their legacy to future generations. Consultants may be drawn from law, finance and accounting, organizational psychology, or family psychology (with its special emphasis on understanding the family relationship system). The book describes methods of assessment and how to effectively communicate the results as well as techniques of consulting and provides an invaluable description of what is necessary to be and become a family business consultant. Readers will benefit from explorations ofA new model featuring 8 inter-related business domains Cybersecurity issues and how to handle themWorking collaboratively with financial and legal professionalsComprehensive coverage of research based assessment instrumentsGiven that over 85% of the businesses in the world, from small to multinational in size and scope are family businesses, the enormous amount of information conveyed in this volume can be extremely valuable to professional consultants and those in the C Suite (CEO’s, CFO’s, COO’s) in helping businesses operate at maximum efficiency, productivity, profitability and satisfaction to all involved."Throughout this well organized and well written book, the authors raise the pivotal questions that form the basis for becoming and being an exceptional family business consultant. Psychologists can learn to transform family business conundrums into healthy interactions between the family members of the enterprise before, during, and after transitions of the company. The various aspects of serving as a consultant are fleshed out in the carefully-researched chapters. Case studies show the patterns of behavior that can lead to continuing multigenerational successes or hard dissolutions. Their new model entitled “The Dynamic Interactive Multifactorial Family Enterprise Ecosystem Model” constitutes a major contribution to the field. The best part of the book remains its celebration of the importance and richness of family businesses across generations that will inspire any reader."G. Andrew H. Benjamin, JD, PhD, ABPPPast President, American Academy of Couple & Family PsychologyPast President, American Board (ABPP) of Couple & Family Psychology Clinical Professor of Psychology & Affiliate Professor of Law, University of Washington

While family businesses have existed for millennia all over the world, it is only in the past few decades that professional consultants have been utilized to help them function more effectively. This engaging, up to the minute volume explores the varied and complex world of family enterprises as they now exist in the third decade of the 21st century. Attention is given to the factors unique to family businesses in their attention to perpetuating family values, traditions, loyalties and their legacy to future generations. Consultants may be drawn from law, finance and accounting, organizational psychology, or family psychology (with its special emphasis on understanding the family relationship system). The book describes methods of assessment and how to effectively communicate the results as well as techniques of consulting and provides an invaluable description of what is necessary to be and become a family business consultant. Readers will benefit from explorations ofA new model featuring 8 inter-related business domains Cybersecurity issues and how to handle themWorking collaboratively with financial and legal professionalsComprehensive coverage of research based assessment instrumentsGiven that over 85% of the businesses in the world, from small to multinational in size and scope are family businesses, the enormous amount of information conveyed in this volume can be extremely valuable to professional consultants and those in the C Suite (CEO’s, CFO’s, COO’s) in helping businesses operate at maximum efficiency, productivity, profitability and satisfaction to all involved."Throughout this well organized and well written book, the authors raise the pivotal questions that form the basis for becoming and being an exceptional family business consultant. Psychologists can learn to transform family business conundrums into healthy interactions between the family members of the enterprise before, during, and after transitions of the company. The various aspects of serving as a consultant are fleshed out in the carefully-researched chapters. Case studies show the patterns of behavior that can lead to continuing multigenerational successes or hard dissolutions. Their new model entitled “The Dynamic Interactive Multifactorial Family Enterprise Ecosystem Model” constitutes a major contribution to the field. The best part of the book remains its celebration of the importance and richness of family businesses across generations that will inspire any reader."G. Andrew H. Benjamin, JD, PhD, ABPPPast President, American Academy of Couple & Family PsychologyPast President, American Board (ABPP) of Couple & Family Psychology Clinical Professor of Psychology & Affiliate Professor of Law, University of Washington

Guia inovador que apresenta uma abordagem abrangente para trabalhar com indiv duos, casais, fam lias e desastres comunit rios. A partir do pref cio de Daniel Siegel, MD, este livro demonstra, com luxo de detalhes, como integrar a abordagem de processamento de informa o da Terapia EMDR com perspectivas de terapia familiar sist mica e t cnicas terap uticas. Essas duas abordagens poderosas resultam em um tratamento abrangente, integrativo, mais robusto e efetivo. Independentemente de o cliente se apresentar com quest es individuais ou familiares, essa abordagem oferece um leque de interven es que ajudar o os terapeutas com a conceitua o de caso e com o tratamento. Este volume singular engloba teoria, descri es pr ticas e estudos de casos que ilustram o processo terap utico aplicado a uma ampla variedade de queixas. Fascinante e de f cil leitura, este livro ideal para todos, independentemente de sua forma o, de treinamento ou de orienta o. Ajudar a ampliar o seu alcance e aumentar a sua efetividade terap utica no tratamento de indiv duos, casais e fam lias."... se alguns livros podem ser descritos como uma "mina de ouro", este pode ser qualificado como "platina".- William C. Nichols, EDB, ABPP (Diplomate in Clinical Psychology); former president of the International Family Therapy Association and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy"Este livro oferece uma ponte clara e abrangente entre as terapias individuais e a familiar... obra impressionante e muito necess ria."- David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., PhD. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry da University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Membro Fundador de M dicos Sem Fronteiras.

? This book focuses on the experience of father's lives after a divorce, and how mental health professionals can help them create a healthy transition. Through the use of case examples critical issues are highlighted and discussed with supportive empirical findings and clinical insights. Traditionally, the marital legal sessions as well as the ultimate marriage settlement focus on the issues confronted by the ex-wife and mother and on the custody and visitation plan for the children. This is actually supported by law in some places. This can remove the father from important qualitative issues such as what it is like to have children in two households, relationships with two sets of grandparents, where holidays will be spent, fair rotations of responsibility and how continuing parental discord can be resolved. The issues examined in this volume are relevant to a range of professionals who deal with divorcing couples from psychologists and family therapists to legal advisors and judges.?

? This book focuses on the experience of father's lives after a divorce, and how mental health professionals can help them create a healthy transition. Through the use of case examples critical issues are highlighted and discussed with supportive empirical findings and clinical insights. Traditionally, the marital legal sessions as well as the ultimate marriage settlement focus on the issues confronted by the ex-wife and mother and on the custody and visitation plan for the children. This is actually supported by law in some places. This can remove the father from important qualitative issues such as what it is like to have children in two households, relationships with two sets of grandparents, where holidays will be spent, fair rotations of responsibility and how continuing parental discord can be resolved. The issues examined in this volume are relevant to a range of professionals who deal with divorcing couples from psychologists and family therapists to legal advisors and judges.?

In Individual Therapy From a Family Systems Perspective, Dr. Florence W. Kaslow demonstrates her integrative approach to therapy. This approach combines techniques from relational–contextual, Bowenian, structural, and cognitive–behavioral therapies, among others, and focuses on the individual within the family context. In this session, Dr. Kaslow focuses on interpersonal conflicts and stresses between the client and members of his family as well as on the client's own internal conflicts. The case concerns a son involved in a family business and some of the issues frequently encountered in such situations when the interpersonal problems within the family are not resolved and spill over into the family business arena. Dr. Kaslow proposes possible resolution strategies to help the son individually and within the business context for the benefit of everyone. This video features a client portrayed by an actor on the basis of actual case material.

Acclaim for Painful Partings . . . "A rare triple threat book—for professionals, students, and laypersons. Sensitive—wise—comprehensive, Schwartz and Kaslow's work represents a maturing of a realistic stance toward divorce." —William C. Nichols, EdD, ABPP Atlanta, Georgia "This articulate, compassionate, and informed book is essential reading for all therapists who work with divorced or divorcing families. Scholarly, yet readable, its developmental framework gives coherence to an often confusing area of practice." —Augustus Y. Napier, PhD Director, The Family Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia "[Painful Partings] masters both the legal and mental health issues of divorce." —Judge Joseph L. Steinberg Superior Court, State of Connecticut, Regional Family Trial Docket "Obtaining a legal divorce may seem fairly straightforward. Emotional divorce, on the other hand, is a much more complicated process. In this book, the reader is taken step by painful step into the process of helping couples become emotionally divorced." —Luciano L'Abate, PhDProfessor Emeritus, Georgia State University "This book achieves a remarkable result in explaining sophisticated family-system concepts . . . into practical clinical suggestions." —Barry Bricklin, PhD Wayne, Pennsylvania. "This book is a must for professionals, but is also important for those who are contemplating or in the process of divorcing." —Hon. Walter M. Schackman, JSC Supreme Court of the State of New York "Must reading for clinicians and professionals working with and teaching about divorce and for those going through the process." —Clifford J. Sager, MD Director of Marital and Family Services, Payne Whitney Clinic "The journey [toward divorce] seems analogous to a prolonged roller coaster ride—at the beginning, climbing up and out is laborious and slow, followed by brief periods of respite and relief at the apex, and then a rapid descent into what may seem like a bottomless pit of pain and despair. As the months pass by, the ride becomes less turbulent as the highs and lows become less extreme, and ultimately, the travelers alight from the tempestuous ride, and establish a stable postdivorce existence." —from the Preface For those who have made the difficult decision to end their marriage, emotional divorce can be as difficult to achieve as legal divorce. This timely and compassionate book shows couples, their families, and their therapists how best to navigate the bumpy terrain of the road to divorce. In their 1987 classic, The Dynamics of Divorce, family-systems experts Lita Linzer Schwartz and Florence W. Kaslow offered a provocative analysis of how life-cycle stages impact the decision to divorce, and how divorce affects individual development. In this groundbreaking new volume, the authors look at changing life-cycle trends in divorce and explore a host of new economic, cultural, and social issues confronting a highly mobile generation of divorced spouses and parents. The book covers emerging alternatives to litigation—like mediation, and looks at sensitive legal matters, such as physical and emotional abuse and child custody. It also examines timely issues like fathers' rights, mid-life divorce, and what happens when one partner exits a marriage in order to lead a homosexual lifestyle. Painful Partings shows marriage and family therapists how to help clients marshal their energies toward constructive closure, rather than destructive resolution. For example, there is a full chapter on the religious aspects of divorce, including conducting a Ritual of Release—a departure ceremony paralleling the original marriage. Essential reading for therapists who work with divorced and divorcing families, the book is also a compassionate guide for spouses and parents negotiating the painful process of divorce.