| Black Families in Therapy: Understanding the African American Experience Contributor(s): Boyd-Franklin, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1593853467 ISBN-13: 9781593853464 Publisher: Guilford Publications OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 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 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.28" (1.17 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. |