Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy

Guidelines for Equitable Theory and Practice

Teresa McDowell, Carmen Knudson-Martin, J. Maria Bermudez

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781000688849
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Psicología
• Subtopic: Salud mental en psicología

• Fits COAMFT, COACRE, and CSWE requirements for social and cultural diversity
• Addresses a cutting-edge question that spans across theory, training, and clinical practice: "How can practitioners integrate awareness of societal systems across models into their everyday work with individuals, couples and families?"
• Applies a sociocultural perspective to a variety of evidence-based and historically effective practice models to address a plethora of emotional, psychological, and relational problems.
• Bridges theory and practice
• Authors are the leaders in the field of socioculturally attuned family therapy
• New edition integrates current trends as well as cultural and societal change, such as the BLM movement, LGBTQ issues, and the Trump presidency.
• Includes more diverse voices that describe the creative application of this framework in practice. This is presented using key text boxes throughout the text.
• New edition includes how the authors have moved their thinking forward with regards to the framework, such as third-order thinking as a paradigm shift in the field of family therapy, ethics as infused in everyday practice from a third-order perspective, and the limits and applicability of Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy as a transtheoretical, transnational approach.
• Includes reflective questions at the end of each chapter.
• Includes a new chapter on socio-emotional relational therapy and how this relates to SCARFT

• Applies a sociocultural perspective to a variety of evidence-based and historically effective practice models to address a plethora of emotional, psychological and relational problems.
• Bridges theory and practice
• Authors are the leaders in the field of socioculturally attuned family therapy