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Black Families in Therapy, Second Edition

Understanding the African American Experience

ISBN-13: 9781593853464
Publisher: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS
Imprint: THE GUILFORD PRESS
By Nancy Boyd-Franklin
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Local release date: 29/08/2006
Format: Paperback (235.00mm X 156.00mm) 368 pages Weight: 550g
Categories: Psychology [JM]

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Google Preview: This classic text helps professionals and students understand and address cultural and racial issues in therapy with African American clients. Leading family therapist Nancy Boyd-Franklin explores the problems and challenges facing African American communities at different socioeconomic levels, expands major therapeutic concepts and models to be more relevant to the experiences of African American families and individuals, and outlines an empowerment-based, multisystemic approach to helping clients mobilize cultural and personal resources for change.; I. African American Families: The Cultural and Racial Context 1. Overview 2. Racism, Racial Identity, and Skin Color Issues 3. Extended Family Patterns, Kinship Care, and Informal Adoption 4. Role Flexibility and Boundary Confusion 5. African American Men and Women: Socialization and Relationships 6. Separation, Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepparenting 7. Religion and Spirituality in African American Families 8. Additional Important Topics in African American Communities II. Major Treatment Theories, Issues, and Interventions 9. The Therapist's Use of Self and Value Conflicts 10. Major Family Therapy Approaches and Their Relevance to Treating African Americans 11. The Multisystems Model 12. Public Policy Issues: A Guide for Clinicians III. Socioeconomic Class Issues and Diversity of Family Structures 13. Poor Families and the Multisystems Model 14. Single-Parent African American Families 15. Middle-Class African American Families IV. Implications for Supervision, Training, and Future Research 16. Implications for Training and Supervision 17. Conclusion and Implications for Future Clinical Work and Research; Google Preview content

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