With its combined focus on inclusion, social justice, and evidence-based practice, this book will help clinicians work with todays diverse families in effective, culturally responsive ways. The book examines several common interactional challenges that contemporary families face, such as co-parenting, divorce, intimate partner violence, and blending families. For each challenge, contributors summarize research on the issue as well as multiple diverse family types, and then clinical examples show how to develop interventions for these family types.
Scott Browning, PhD, ABPP, teaches in the doctoral program at Chestnut Hill College, in Philadelphia. Scott has published numerous books, chapters, and journal articles on topics ranging from stepfamilies, autism, empathy, paradox, the contemporary family, and intersectionality. Scott has been awarded the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, and he is the co-recipient of the 2017 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology. Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, MSW, PhD, CFLE, is Professor and Associate Department Chair for Social Justice Initiatives in the Department of Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University. He has authored multiple works in journals such as Journal of Family Psychology, Family Relations, Journal of Family Issues, and Sex Roles. Brad also guest edited special issues on "Intersectional variations in the experiences of queer families" and "Transformative family scholarship: Theory, practice, and research at the intersection of families, race, and social justice."
List of Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Our Approach to Inclusive Evidence-Based Practice with Contemporary Families Scott Browning and Brad van Eeden-Moorefield 2. Implications of Inclusion and Intersectionality for Clinical Practice Maya Autret and Brad van Eeden-Moorefield 3. Stress from Microaggressions and Discrimination: A Focus on Asian American, African American, Latina/o/x, and Queer Families Research: Lindsey Davis Clinical Applications: Claudia GarcIa-Leeds, Yiqing Youngman, Cheryll Rothery, and Erika Grafsky 4. Couple Instability: A Focus on Fragile Families, Stepfamilies, Families With a Child on the Autism Spectrum, and Multiracial Families Research: Francesca Adler-Baeder and Kim D. Gregson Clinical Applications: C. Wayne Jones, Patricia Papernow, Scott Browning, Kelley Kenney and Mark Kenney 5. Intimate Partner Violence: A Focus on Queer Families, Families and Substance Use, and Military Couples Research: Autumn M. Bermea Clinical Applications: Peter Fraenkel, Kristen Benson, Camille St. James, and Matt Bowen 6. Co-Parenting: A Focus on Divorced Families, Stepfamilies, Intergenerational Families, and Families with a Child on the Autism Spectrum Research: Tamara D. Afifi, Alison Mazur, and Chris Otmar Clinical Applications: Amy Wagner, Patricia Papernow, Bindu Methikalam, and Bryan Peightal 7. Boundary Ambiguity: A Focus on Stepfamilies, Queer Families, Families with Adolescent Children, and Multigenerational Families Research: Marilyn Coleman and Lawrence Ganong Clinical Applications: Salvatore DAmore, Scott Browning, Dena DiNardo, and Bindu Methikalam 8. Ambiguous Loss: A Focus on Immigrant Families, Post Incarceration Family Life, Addiction and Families, and Military Families Research: Catherine Solheim and Anne Williams-Wengerd Clinical Applications: Chris Kodman-Jones, Kyle Burke, Camille St. James, Miguel Lewis and Michelle Sherman 9. Loss and Bereavement: A Focus on Cancer and Families, Death of a Parent, Death of a Young Child, and Sudden/Violent Death in Families Research: Jacquelyn J. Benson, Abigail J. Rolbiecki, and Tashel C. Bordere Clinical Applications: Cadmona A. Hall, Allie Abraham, Dena DiNardo, Marianne Celano, and Ileana Ungureanu 10. Emergent Areas of Clinical Practice in Need of Research: Hearing or Vision Loss in Families Susan McGroarty, Rachel Hull, and Chris Royer 11. Outcome Assessment in Family Therapy Charles Fishman, Angus Craig, Scott Browning, Rachel Hull, and Allison Rozovsky
