Main description:

Now in a significantly revised and expanded second edition, this groundbreaking work illuminates how racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression constrain the lives of diverse clients - and family therapy itself. Practitioners and students gain vital tools for re-evaluating prevailing conceptions of family health and pathology; tapping into clients' cultural resources; and developing more inclusive theories and therapeutic practices. From leaders in the field, the second edition features many new chapters, case examples, and specific recommendations for culturally competent assessment, treatment, and clinical training. The section in which authors reflect on their own cultural and family legacies also has been significantly expanded.

Contents:

Part I: Theoretical Perspectives. McGoldrick, Hardy, Introduction: Re-Visioning Family Therapy from a Multicultural Perspective. Falicov, Transnational Journeys. Sluzki, Migration and the Disruption of the Social Network. Laszloffy, Social Class: Implications for Family Therapy. Walsh, Spirituality, Healing, and Resilience. Hardy, Race, Reality, and Relationships: Implications for Family Therapists. McAdams-Mahmoud, Understanding Families in the Context of Cultural Adaptations to Oppression. Part II: Cultural Legacies and Stories: Therapists' Experiences. McGoldrick, Finding a Place Called "Home." Pinderhughes, Black Genealogy Revisited: Restorying an African American Family. Colon, The Discovery of My Multicultural Identity. J. Mahboubi, N. Mahboubi, Our Iranian-African American Interracial Family. Watson, Voluntary Childlessness and Motherhood: Afterthoughts. Kliman, Trimble, Grieving in Network and Community: Bearing Witness to the Loss of Our Son. Folwarski, Going Home: One Orphan's Journey from Chicago to Poland and Back. Berndt, Legacies of White Privilege. Lawless, Transforming a Racist Legacy. Fish, The Semitism Schism: Jewish-Palestinian Legacies in a Family Therapy Training Context. Abudabbeh, My Evolving Identity from Arab to Palestinian to Muslim. Domokos-Cheng Ham, Biracial Legitimacy: Embracing Marginality. Part III: Racial Identity and Racism: Implications for Therapy. Hardy, Laszloffy, The Dynamics of a Pro-racist Ideology: Implications for Family Therapists. McIntosh, White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences through Work in Women's Studies. Vecchio, Dismantling White Male Privilege within Family Therapy. Preto, Latinas in the United States: Bridging Two Worlds. Laszloffy, Therapy with Mixed-race Families. Part IV: Implications for Clinical Practice. Nealy, Working with LGBT Families. Green, Gay and Lesbian Couples: Successful Coping with Minority Stress. Mirkin, Kamya, Working with Immigrant and Refugee Families. McCarthy, Byrne, A Fifth-province Approach to Intracultural Issues in an Irish Context: Marginal Illuminations. Boyd-Franklin, Working with African Americans and Trauma: Lessons for Clinicians from Hurricane Katrina. Akinyela, Once They Come: Testimony Therapy and Healing Questions for African American Couple. Hines, Climbing Up the Rough Side of the Mountain: Hope, Culture, and Therapy. Shibusawa, Interracial Asian Couples: Beyond Black and White. Fraenkel, Carmichael, Working with Families Who Are Homeless. La Due, Coyote Returns: A Reconciliation Between History and Hope. Part V: Implications for Training. Akamatsu, Teaching White Students about Racism and its Implications in Practice. Mock, Visionary Social Justice: Narratives of Diversity, Social Location, and Personal Compassion. Hardy, McGoldrick, Re-Visioning Training. Hardy, Becoming a GEMM Therapist: Work Harder, Be Smarter, and Never Discuss Race.