| Black Families in Therapy: Understanding the African American Experience Contributor(s): Boyd-Franklin, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 157230619X ISBN-13: 9781572306196 Publisher: Guilford Publications OUR PRICE: $88.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 2003009245 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.4" W x 9.44" (1.52 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |