Therapy With Single Parents : Routledge : 9780789004079 : 0789004070 : 23 May 2006 : Provide effective counseling to members of single-parent families With more than half of all first marriages ending in divorce, it's time to re-think the notion that ?divorce? means ?failure.? Therapy with Single Parents focuses on the strengths of the single-parent family rather than its weaknesses, stressing the need to look at the socially constructed norms, values, and definitions associated with marriage and family in order to provide effective counseling. This unique book examines experiences that are common to single parents and presents interventive strategies for treating single-parent family issues, drawing on clinical case studies to provide technical knowledge in everyday language. Current research shows that single parents account for 27 percent of family households that include children under 18 and that the number of single mothers in the United States more than tripled between 1970 an