Table of Contents

I: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Individ Uals; 1: The Voodoo Doll Intervention; 2: Living a New Story; 3: When “Bad” Is Good; 4: Addressing the Critical and Supportive Voices Through Art Therapy; 5: The Toxic Monster; 6: Smush 'Em; 7: The Many Roles People Play; 8: Feeling from the Inside Out; 9: Objects in the Rearview Mirror; 10: Through the Eyes of a Child; 11: Assisting Clients in Establishing Personal Boundaries; 12: Sports Talk; 13: Setting Goals and Developing Action Plans; 14: Sculpting for Visual and Kinesthetic Learners; 15: Conscientious Activities for Compulsive Clients; 16: Breaking the Cycle Between Being Passive and Aggressive; 17: The Power of Homework in Survivors' Groups; 18: A “Magic” Aid for Hypnosis and Suggestion in Crisis Management; II: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Couples; 19: Assertiveness Homework for Couples; 20: Productive Dialoguing with Couples; 21: Constructive Communication; 22: The Tug-of-War; 23: The 80/20 Principle in Marital Therapy; 24: A Couple's Ordeal of Sorrow; 25: The Use of Controlled Punishment and Ritual in Couples Therapy; 26: The Empathy Expansion Procedure; 27: Primary Perceptual Modalities in Couples Therapy; 28: Imagery Exercises for Couples; 29: Feelings Flash Cards; 30: Gratitude Lists; 31: Rewriting Marriage Vows; 32: Recalling the Way We Were; 33: Feeding the Relationship by Feeding Each Other; 34: Keeping the Honeymoon in the Marriage; 35: First Date Recollections and Fantasies with Couples; 36: Structured Trial Separation; 37: Mate Selection Criteria for Compatibility; 38: Couple Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire; 39: Sexual Response and Interaction Inventory; 40: Using Gender as a Therapeutic Technique; 41: The Intimate Justice Question; 42: The Diversity Dilemma; 43: Negotiating Drug-Free Activities; 44: The “Mrs. K'negdo/Mrs. Opposite” Assignment; III: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Families; 45: Strategies for Building Stronger Families; 46: Family Assessment Tool; 47: The Therapeutic Journey; 48: Good Cops and Bad Cops in Parenting; 49: The “Talk About” Game; 50: A Box of Tenderness; 51: Out of the Middle with a Toss of the Coin; 52: The “Oprah” Approach; 53: Teamwork; 54: Involving Children in Family Therapy; 55: Videotaped Coaching; 56: The Family Constitution Activity; 57: The Systemic Wave; 58: Letter from the Grave; 59: Dealing with a Fire Setter; 60: Involving Larger Systems; IV: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Children; 61: “The Many Sides of Me”; 62: My Uniqueness; 63: My Family in the News; 64: The “Key” to Anger Control; 65: It's Okay to Cry; 66: Greeting Card Messages; 67: Helpful Homemade Props for Children in Therapy; 68: The Puzzling Problem-Solving Activity; 69: Prescribing Fluctuations in Developmental Time; 70: HELP! My Child Won't Do Homework!; 71: Divorce and Children; 72: Red Light/Green Light; 73: Awards; V: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Adolescents; 74: Teenage Clients' Favorite Music as an Aid in Therapy; 75: “I Am the Expert!”; 76: I Wish I Had the Cosby Family; 77: Beliefs and Tactics That Encourage Behavior Problems; 78: Rewriting Youth Stories; 79: Soap Talk; VI: Therapist Helpers; 80: Assessing Client Risk of Violence; 81: Assessing Client Risk of Suicide; 82: Client Assessment and Treatment Planning; 83: Use of Disclosure Statements in Practice

About the Author

Lorna L Hecker, Sharon A. Deacon