2024 National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference – Virtual Exhibit

We are thrilled to exhibit at the 2024 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference in Bellevue, Washington. If you’re attending the conference, stop by and say hi (Booth #8)!

If you aren’t able to attend the conference, we’ve put together a virtual exhibit to emulate the spirit and energy of an in-person event and to share our latest titles in the discipline.

The titles featured in this virtual exhibit reflect Cognella’s commitment to publishing quality texts by notable authors that showcase the exciting work and thought leadership emerging in family sciences.

If you’re interested in discussing book ideas, contact Kassie Graves, Publisher of Social Work, Counseling, and Human Services: kassiegraves@cognella.com.

We hope you all have a wonderful conference!

Family Interaction combines elements from family systems and ecological frameworks to inform a multigenerational, developmental approach to understanding family interactions. This text uses information from researchers, family theorists, and practitioners to gain insights into the diversity and effectiveness of the patterns and interactional dynamics that operate in families. The sixth edition has been fully updated and restructured to provide a comprehensive look at the diversity that occurs both within and between families.

Featuring contributed chapters written by experts in the discipline, Gendered Violence in Families employs a feminist intersectional lens to investigate experiences of family violence. The text sheds light on various forms of family violence, always with consideration of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, class, and other critical dimensions of identity. The book features a comprehensive coverage of topics ranging from the prevalence and effects of intimate partner violence to child maltreatment to the experiences of marginalized families dealing with trauma.

Contemporary Issues in Close Relationships provides readers with an interdisciplinary framework for exploring several types of close, intimate relationships, including friendships, family dynamics, and romantic partnerships. The content emphasizes theoretical foundations and research pertinent to relational dynamics across the disciplines of psychology, human development, sociology, and communication.

The new edition of Family Theories Today: A Critical Intersectional Approach expands on the dynamic, creative, and scientific approach that made the first edition a success. The authors include all types of family structures, processes, and contexts, and their approach is informed by families as intimate settings for individual and relational development where both care and trauma occur. The book covers twelve theories—ranging from Functionalist to Social Exchange to Feminist to Family Stress and Resilience—in a highly accessible but comprehensive way.

Letters to a Young Practitioner: Essays of Advice brings together invaluable insight from a variety of professionals in the counseling and educational practice fields into a single volume to provide students-in-training and new practitioners with mentorship. The text promotes career self-actualization and offers readers a greater understanding of the culture of their given profession, the technical knowledge they need to advance in their careers, suggestions for professional development, and more.

Developed by a team of experts in counseling and crisis intervention, the second edition of Crisis Intervention: Building Resilience in Troubled Times is rooted in an evidence-based framework that provides a clear rationale for planning successful intervention strategies. The new edition addresses new crises that have confronted humanity since the publication of the first edition, including the global pandemic and escalations in climate change, gun violence, and protests against systemic oppression.

Family Financial Resource Management: Foundational Knowledge and Strategies provides readers with an overview of best practices for financial management within the context of family life, including budgeting, debt management, and saving and investing. The text addresses financial situations that arise at different points in the life course and decisions individuals and families may want to consider over time to promote well-being and financial success.

Reimagining Trauma Informed Spaces of Liberation is a groundbreaking book that interrogates the field of social work from the places of trauma, joy, and liberation. It unpacks, deconstructs, and positions trauma as something normative that impacts our social and collective consciousness, as well as an opportunity for liberation. The book provides readers with an invaluable trauma-informed, social justice lens through which to view trauma in all its iterations: sociopolitical, cultural, systemic, and individual.

Series editor: Katherine R. Allen, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech, Fellow of the National Council on Family Relations and the Gerontological Society of America

The Cognella Series on Families and Social Justice features a collection of textbooks that support core curriculum within family-related disciplines with emphasis on issues related to social justice, diversity, and equity. Readers are introduced to contemporary, cutting-edge research that extends beyond understanding what a family is and how it functions to include discussions of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, gender, sexuality, LGBTQ issues, religion, special needs, and more.

The titles within the series feature diverse perspectives, cutting-edge research and theory, and scholarship that is dedicated to moving the disciplines toward a more just and inclusive future.

Forthcoming Titles 

LGBTQ+ People with Intellectual Disabilities: Stories from the Rainbow Bridge Support Group by John D. Allen

Women and Families: Lifespan and Critical Contextual Perspectives edited by J. Maria Bermudez, Bertranna Muruthi, and Elizabeth Sharp

Antiracism Mothering in White Families: Lived Experiences by Candy Beers

Series editor: Claire M. Renzetti, Ph.D., Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair in the Center for Research on Violence Against Women, Professor and Chair of Sociology – University of Kentucky

The Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence is an interdisciplinary collection of textbooks that work to address a broad spectrum of issues, challenges, and opportunities within the study of family and gender-based violence. Readers learn about different types of violence and are introduced to multidisciplinary approaches and cutting-edge strategies for preventing violence and responding to both victims and perpetrators.

The series features cross-cultural perspectives and diverse voices, embracing work that is culturally competent, examines similarities and differences in experiences across various social groups, and explores the intersectional impacts of multiple inequalities.

Featuring up-to-date research and critical information on evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence, the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence helps researchers deepen and develop their enquiries and prepares students for graduate school study, professional education opportunities, and meaningful careers.