This book focuses on societal changes that have had significant impact on how couples and families function and the complicated issues they face in today's world. Addressing emergent areas that are not well covered elsewhere, this book explores emerging relationship trends and shifting values, dynamics, and expectations that influence and characterized couples and families today. Covering such areas as diverse family types (e.g., LGBTQ families, four and five generation families, families with an international adoptee, postpartum disorders), impact of societal dynamics on couples and families (e.g., relocation and finances, family businesses, political conflicts), new practice trends (e.g., use of psychedelics in couples therapy, incorporation of neuropsychological evaluations for neurosurgery decision-making, innovative primary care practice models) and more, this volume brings the practice of working with couples and families completely up to date. Each chapter is written by an expert(s) in a particular area and includes helpful advice for couple family psychology/therapy practitioners and students. Researchers will benefit from exposure to issues that merit further serious study.

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Florence Kaslow, PhD, is President of Kaslow Associates, a coaching therapy and consulting firm. She was a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology for 20 years. Prior to that, she was Dean of the Graduate School of Professional Psychology in South Florida. Formerly, she was a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. She is author or editor of 32 books, 60 book chapters, and over 200 articles. She is Past President of the International Family Therapy Association, and the recipient of numerous professional awards, such as the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology and the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology.