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PREVENTING BREAKDOWN - A MANUAL FOR THOSE WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND FOR INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THEM

Mark Hamer, Russell House Publishing

ISBN 1903855616, £29.95

Star Rating: 4/5

Preventing Breakdown offers practical techniques for empowering and engaging families to work out their problems, writes Sarah Hubbard.

Written for those working with families in crisis, it gives a brief overview of the Option 2 programme in Cardiff offering no-nonsense evidence-based practice advice. It also includes chapters on communication skills, power and partnership, and motivational interviewing.

It includes a number of practical handouts for tips for coping with depression, stress and so on. These can be used by the individual reader or by families themselves.

Rather than a jargon-loaded reference book, this "How To" manual offers simple, effective and tested solutions to crisis situations within families with measurable outcomes for practitioners and families. A comprehensive "hands-on" resource, it is an invaluable book for practitioners and students.

Sarah Hubbard is studying for a Diploma in Social Work.