Black families in therapy : understanding the African American experience / Nancy Boyd-Franklin.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyd-Franklin, Nancy
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Press, 2003.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
African American families > Mental health.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Family psychotherapy.
Black or African American > psychology.
Family Therapy > methods.
Social Conditions.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Local Note:
MSU: This book was selected in recognition of MSU Libraries Student Employee, London Wilson, Class of 2013
Physical Description:xiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Overview
  • Racism, racial identity, and skin color issues
  • Extended family patterns, kinship care, and informal adoption
  • Role flexibility and boundary confusion
  • African american men and women: socialization and relationships
  • Separation, divorce, remarriage, and stepparenting
  • Religion and spirituality in African American families
  • Additional important topics in African American communities
  • Pt. 2. Major treatment theories, issues, and interventions
  • The therapist's use of self and value conflicts
  • Major family therapy approaches and their relevance to the treatment of African Americans
  • The multisystems model
  • Public policy issues: a guide for clinicians
  • Pt. 3. Socioeconomic class issues and diversity of family structures
  • Poor families and the multisystems model
  • Single-parent African American families
  • Middle-class African American families
  • Pt. 4. Implications for supervision, training, and future research
  • Implications for training and supervision
  • Conclusion and implications for future clinical work and research.