Description: An internationally acclaimed social scientist and family therapist offers timely and welcome news for the millions of separated and divorced parents: in more than 50 percent of divorces today, couples succeed in preserving their families for their children. This book provides practical guidelines for raising healthy, well-adjusted children during this stressful time.
Brief description:
Constance Ahrons, Ph.D., author of The Good Divorce and co-author of Divorced Families, is professor emerita from the Department of Sociology and former director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Doctoral Training Program at the University of Southern California. A senior scholar and founding co-chair of the Council on Contemporary Families, she is an internationally renowned lecturer, consultant, and workshop leader. Dr. Ahrons is director of Divorce and Remarriage Consulting Associates in San Diego, California.
Review Quotes: "A blueprint, a lifeline, a survival guide for navigating the divorce process and beyond that, a new way of thinking."-- Harriet Lerner, author of "The Dance of Anger "An eloquent book that speaks directly to the needs of families."-- "Family and Conciliation Courts Review""Intelligent, scholarly, and wonderfully readable."-- Olga Silverstein, author of "The Courage to Raise Good Men