Black Families in Therapy
eBook - ePub

Black Families in Therapy

Understanding the African American Experience

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Black Families in Therapy

Understanding the African American Experience

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. About the Author
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Contents
  9. I. African American Families: The Cultural and Racial Context
  10. II. Major Treatment Theories, Issues, and Interventions
  11. III. Socioeconomic Class Issues and Diversity of Family Structures
  12. IV. Implications for Supervision, Training, and Future Research
  13. References
  14. Author Index
  15. Subject Index
  16. About Guilford Press
  17. Discover Related Guilford Books