Systemic Approaches to Adolescent Substance Abuse

Wampler, K.S. & McWey, L.M. (2020). The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy with Children and Adolescents (Vol. 2). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.

“…For example, the same interventions are used in more than one chapter, however, the literature summary and application are tailored to be specific to the problem (e.g., maltreatment vs. anxiety in parent-child relationships).Volume 2 covers important subjects that are often-overlooked aspects of family in the literature. Noteworthy chapters include treatment of children with chronic illness and health conditions (Pratt et al, 2020), zero to three inclusions for early childhood development (infant-parent attachment) (Foran et al, 2020;Topham et al, 2020), substance use disorder treatment (Patton et al, 2020), divorced families (Huff & Hartenstein, 2020), military families (Gewirtz & Rahl-Brigman, 2020), and working with child and adolescent siblings together in sessions (Wojciak & Gamboni, 2020). Considerations for sub-populations and marginalized groups within family therapy are woven throughout Volume 2 with special emphasis on diversity and social justice.…”