Black Families in Therapy, Second Edition: Understanding the African American Experience

Black Families in Therapy, Second Edition: Understanding the African American Experience
ISBN-10
1609180836
ISBN-13
9781609180836
Category
Psychology
Pages
368
Language
English
Published
2006-04-20
Publisher
Guilford Press
Author
Nancy Boyd-Franklin

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.

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