I am seeking literature concerning integrative or holistic family models (e.g., Hill's ABC-X (especially), or Belsky's model or Bronfebrener's model) wherein the issue of the applicability for families wherein the offspring have left home, but nevertheless remain in close contact with the family is discussed, or even better, impirically indicated as valid . Thank you.
I would advise you to study the work of Cigdem Kagitcibasi: Family, Self, and Human Development Across Cultures (2005). I included a lecture of myself
There is an extensive literature on "family of origin" work. I include here a bibliography that also includes psychoanalytic models.
Ackerman, N. W. (1958). The psychodynamics of family life: Diagnosis and treatment of family relationships. New York: Basic/Harper. Reprinted 1972. HQ728 A182p
Ackerman, N. W. (1966). Treating the troubled family. New York: Basic/ Harper Torchbooks. RC488.5 A182t
Ackerman, N. W. (Ed.). (1970). Family therapy in transition. Boston: Little, Brown.
Ackerman, N. W., Beatman, F. L., & Sherman, S. N. (Eds.). (1967). Exploring the base for family therapy. New York: Family Service Association of America.
Ackerman, N. W., Beatman, F. L., & Sherman, N. S. (Eds.). (1967). Expanding theory and practice in family therapy. New York: Family Service Association of America.
Apprey, M., & Stein, H. (Eds.). (1993). Intersubjectivity, projective identification, and otherness. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press.
Bagarozzi, D. A., & Anderson, S. A. (1988). Personal, marital, and family myths: Theoretical formulations and clinical strategies. New York: W. W. Norton. RC 488.5 B144P 1989
Bardill, D. R. (1997). The relational systems model for family therapy: Living in the four realities. New York: Haworth Press.
Baumgart, H. (1990). Jealousy: Experiences and solutions (M. Jacobson & E.
Jacobson, Trans.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Beavers, W. R. (1977). Psychotherapy and growth: A family systems perspective. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Berkowitz, D., et al. (1988). (J. S. Scharff, Ed.). Foundations of object relations in family therapy. New York: Aronson. RC 488.5 B513f 1989
Bloch, D., & Simon, R. (Eds.) (1982). The strength of family therapy: Selected papers of Nathan W. Ackerman. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Boss, P. (Ed.). (1993). Sourcebook of family theories and methods: A contextual approach. New York: Plenum. HQ 728 S638
Boszormenyi-Nagy, I. (1988). Foundations of contextual therapy: Collected papers of Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Boszormenyi-Nagy, I., & Krasner, B. R. (1986). Between give & take: A clinical guide to contextual therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Boszormenyi-Nagy, I., & Framo, J. L. (Eds.). (1965). Intensive family therapy: Theoretical and practical aspects. New York: Harper & Row.
Boszormenyi-Nagy, I., & Spark, G. (1973). Invisible loyalties: Reciprocity in intergenerational family therapy. New York: Harper & Row. (Reprinted Brunner/Mazel, l983).
Box, S., Copley, B., Magagna, J., & Moustaka, E. (Eds.). (198l). Psychotherapy with families: An analytic approach. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Brown, F. H. (Ed.). (1991). Reweaving the family tapestry: A multigenerational approach to families. New York: W. W. Norton.
Byng-Hall, J. (1995). Rewriting family scripts: Improvisation and system change. New York: Guilford. RC488.5 B95
Combs, G. (1990). Symbol, story, and ceremony: Using metaphor inindividual and family therapy. New York: Norton. RC 489 M47C66
DeMaria, R., Weeks, G. R., & Hof, L. (1999). Focused genograms: intergenerational assessment of individuals, couples, and families. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel.
Dodson, L. S., & Gibson, T. L. (Eds.). (1996). Psyche and family: Jungian applications to family therapy. Wilmette, IL: Chiron.
Douglas, T. (1995). Scapegoats: Transferring blame. New York: Routledge. HM291 D684
Feldman, L. B. (1992). Integrating individual and family therapy (2nd ed?). New York: Brunner/Mazel. RC 489 F33F45 1991
Flugel, J. C. (1921). The psycho-analytic study of the family. New York: International Psycho-analytical Press. Reprinted London: Hogarth Press, 1972.
Framo, J. L. (1982). Explorations in marital and family therapy: Selected papers of J. L. Rframo. New York: Springer.
Framo, J. L. (1992). Family-of-origin therapy: An intergenerational approach. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Giat Roberto, L. (1992). Transgenerational family therapies. New York: Guilford Press.
Goldenthal, P. (1993). Contextual family therapy: Assessment and intervention procedures. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press. RC488.55.G65
Goldenthal, P. (1996). Doing contextual therapy: An integrated model for working with individuals, couples, and families. New York: W. W. Norton. RC488.55.G653
Grosskopf, B. (1999). Forgive your parents, heal yourself: How understanding your painful family legacy can transform your life. New York: Free Press.
Grotjahn, M. (1960). Psychoanalysis and the family neurosis. New York: W. W. Norton.
Guernsey, D. S. (1991). Birth marks: Breaking free from the destructive imprints of your family history. Dallas: Word. BV 4012.2 1991
Heusden, A. van & den Eerenboom, E. (1987). Balance in motion: Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy and his vision of individual and family therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel (original Dutch edition 1986). [RC 488.55 H595fE]
Imber-Black, E. (Ed.). (1993). Secrets in families and family therapy. New York: W. W. Norton. RC 488.5 S415 1992
Imber-Black, E. (1998). The secret life of families: Truth-telling, privacy, and reconciliation in a tell-all society. New York: Bantam Books.
Karpel, M. A., & Strauss, E. S. (1983). Family evaluation. New York: Gardner.
Kaufman, G. (1989). The psychology of shame: Theory and treatment of shame-based syndromes. New York: Springer. RC 455.4 S53K38 1989
Kestenberg, J. (1975). Children and parents: Psychoanalytic studies in development. New York: Jason Aronson.
Kirschner, D. A. (1986). Comprehensive family therapy: An integration of systemic and psychodynamic treatment models. New York: Brunner/Mazel. RC488.5 K57
Kramer, S. Z. (1994). Transforming the inner and outer family: Humanistic and spiritual approaches to mind-body systems therapy. Binghamton, NY: Haworth. RC 489 P76K73
Krasner, B. R., & Joyce, A. (1995). Truth, trust, and relationships: Healing interventions in contextual therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel. RC 488.55 K75
Laing, R. D. (1969). The politics of the family and other essays. New York: Vintage.
Laing, R. D., & Esterson, A. (197l). Sanity, madness and the family. London: Tavistock (1964, l970). New York: Basic.
Lantz, J. E. (1993). Existential family therapy: Using the conepts of Victor Frankl. Northvale, NJ: Aronson. RC488.5 L358
Lantz, J. E. (2000). Meaning-centered marital and family therapy: Learning to bear the beams of love. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
Lidz, T. (1992). Relevance of the family to psychoanalytic theory. Madison, CT: International Universities. RC455.4 F3L53
McGoldrick, M. (1994). You can go home again: Reconnecting with your family. New York: W. W. Norton. HQ518 M38
McGoldrick, M., & Gerson, R. (1985). Genograms in family assessment. New York: W. W. Norton.
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Pearce, J. K., & Friedman, L. J. (Eds.) (1980). Family therapy: Combining psychodynamic and family systems approaches. New York: Grune & Stratton.
Pillari, V. (1986). Pathways to family myths. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Pillari, V. (1991). Scapegoating in families: Intergenerational patterns of physical and emotional abuse. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Pincus, L., & Dare, C. (1978). Secrets in the family: A psychodynamic approach to the unconscious beliefs, longings and incestuous fantasies that shape family relationships. New York: Pantheon.
Nerin, W. F. (1986). Family reconstruction: Long days' journey into night. New York: Norton.
Roberto, L. G. (1992). Transgenerational family therapies. New York: Guilford. RC 488.5 R63 1992
Roman, M., & Blackburn, S. (1979). Family secrets: The experience of emotional crisis. New York]: Times Books.
Scharff, D. E., & Scharff, J. S. (1987). Object relations family therapy. New York: Jason Aronson.
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Schwartz, R. C. (1995). Internal family systems therapy. New York: Guilford Press.
Searight, H. R. (1997). Family-of-origin therapy and diversity. Washington, DC: Taylor and Francis.
Simon, B. (1988). Tragic drama and the family: Psychoanalytic studies from Aeschylus to Beckett. New Haven, CT: Yale. PN 1899 F27S59
Skynner, A. C. R. (1976). Systems of family and marital psychotherapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel. RC488.5 S629s
Slipp, S. (1984). Object relations: A dynamic bridge between individual and family treatment. New York: Jason Aronson. RC488.5 S633t
Slipp, S. (1988). The technique and practice of object relations family therapy. New York: Aronson. RC 488.5 S633t
Stierlin, H. (1976). Adolf Hitler: A family perspective. New York: The Psychohistory Press.
Stierlin, H. (1977). Psychoanalysis and family therapy. New York: Jason Aronson.
Stierlin, H., Rucker-Embdon, I., Wetzel, N., & Wirschling, M. (1980). The first interview with the family. New York: Brunner/Mazel. (Original German edition l977)
Stierlin, H., & Simon, F. B. (Eds.). (1987). Familiar realities. The Heidelberg conference. New York: Publisher?
Strean, H. S. (1993). Resolving counterresistances in psychotherapy. Frontiers in couples and
family therapy No. 6. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Taub-Bynum, E. B. (1984). The family unconscious: An invisible bond. Wheaton, IL: The Theosophical Publishing House.
Walrond-Skynner, S. (Ed.). (1981). Developments in family therapy: Theories and applications since 1948. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Thank you for this extensive list. The question is whether any of these authors addresses the issue of the family s a holistic unit with reciprocal parent-child relatonships also when offspring leave home at adulthood. You effort is ver much appreciated. Thank you!