Clinical Intervention with Families

What a gem of a book.

Kevin Corcoran, PHD, JD

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At last—a text on clinical practice with families that holds fast to social work commitments and purposes from beginning to end. In this practical and richly detailed book, Mark Mattaini maps out a framework for behavioral family social work practice that is fully attentive to the complex ecology of contemporary family life. His ecobehaviioral model builds a sturdy and much-needed bridge across the conceptual divide we have managed to create between clinical practice and social context, effectively linking empirically tested interventions to a sophisticated understanding of the relationships among culture, environment, and family well-being. This theoretically coherent approach to families-in-context will be immediately useful to practitioners at all levels.

Susan P. Kemp, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work

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Dr. Mattaini has written an excellent clinical guidebook for practitioners who use family-centered and culturally responsive strategies in their clinical practice with families.

Harold E. Briggs, PhD

Associate Professor, Portland State University