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Diversity in couple and family therapy : ethnicities, sexualities, and socioeconomics / Shalonda Kelly, PhD, editor.

Other author/creatorKelly, Shalonda, editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Descriptionxi, 485 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Race and ethnicity in psychology
Race and ethnicity in psychology. ^A691515
Contents Part I. Racial and ethnic identities. African American couples and families and the context of structural oppression / Shalonda Kelly and Brittani N. Hudson -- Asian American couples and families / Lisa A. Suzuki, Grace Wong, Masako Mori, and Kyoko M. Toyama -- Latino couples and families / Melissa Rivera Marano and Emily Roman -- Challenges faced by Native American couples and families and a place-focused approach to treatment / Rockey Robbins, Tahereh Ryland-Neal, Shannon Murphy, and Chris Geis -- White racial identity in therapy with couples and families / Hinda Winawer -- Part II. Gender and sexual orientation identities. Gender in couple and family life: Toward inclusiveness and equality / Carmen Knudson-Martin -- Sexual minority couples and families: Clinical considerations / Beverly Greene and Philip B. Spivey -- Part III. Religious and spiritual identities. Christian couples and families / Suzanne M. Coyle and Christina J. Davis -- Socioreligious and clinical landscapes of couplehood and families in Orthodox Jewish communities / Isaac Schechter -- Muslim couples and families / Karen L. Haboush and Nadia S. Ansary -- Part IV. Identity intersections and diverse family forms. Multiracial families: Issues for couples and children / David L. Brunsma and Monique Porow -- Intercultural couples and families / Traci P. Maynigo -- Diverse couple and family forms and universal family processes / Brian Mundy and Matt Wofsy -- Part V. Identity models and structural systems. Identity models / Maryam M. Jernigan, Carlton E. Green, and Janey E. Helms -- Disparities in mental health care and homeownership for African Americans and Latinos in the United States / Kiara C. Wesley -- Part VI. Cross-cultural assessment, research, and practice on health and pathology. Cross-cultural assessment and research / Sumie Okazaki, Ariane Ling, Stephanie N. Wong, and Ming-Che Tu -- Conclusions drawn from the experts on tailoring treatment to diverse couples and families / Shalonda Kelly.
Abstract This unprecedented volume provides a primer on diverse couples and families--one of the most numerous and fastest-growing populations in the United States--illustrating the unique challenges they face to thrive in various cultural and social surroundings. In Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy: Ethnicities, Sexualities, and Socioeconomics, a clinical psychologist and couples and family therapist with nearly two decades' experience leads a team of experts in addressing contemporary elements of diversity as they relate to the American family and covering key topics that all Americans face when establishing their identities, including racial and ethnic identity, gender and sexual orientation identity, religious and spiritual identity, and identity intersections and alternatives. Moreover, it includes chapters on cross-cultural assessment of health and pathology and tailoring treatment to diversity. Every chapter includes vignettes that serve to illustrate the nuances of and solutions to the concerns and issues, as well as the strengths and resilience often inherent in diverse couples or families. Effective methods of coping with stereotypes, intergenerational trauma, discrimination, and social and structural disparities are presented, as are ways to assess and empower couples and families. This text includes experiences and traditions of subgroups that typically receive little attention from being seen as too common, such as white and Christian families, or from being seen as too uncommon, such as couples and families from specific Native American tribes and multiracial couples and families. Thus, it addresses the curricular changes needed to master the diversity found in contemporary American couples and families.
Abstract The text offers a holistic perspective on diverse couples and families that is consistent with the increasing prominence of models that transcend individual diagnoses and biology to include social factors and context. Theory, policy, prevention, assessment, treatment, and research considerations are included in each chapter. Topics include African American, Asian American, Latino, Native American, white, biracial/multiracial, intercultural, LGBT, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim couples and families as well as diverse family structures. The depth of every chapter includes attention to subgroups within each category, such as African American and Caribbean couples and families, as well as those who represent the intersection between varying oppressed identities, such as an intercultural gay family, or a poor, homeless interracial couple. Additionally, each chapter provides a review section with condensed and easy-to-understand summaries of the key take-away lessons. Features: Offers an examination of a broader-than-typical array of diverse families and the challenges they face ; Includes case vignettes of couples and families of varying racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, religious/spiritual, and sexual orientations, the subgroups among them, and their intersections ; Examines issues including social disparities, stereotyping and discrimination, identity development, and the roles of neighborhoods and communities ; Written to allow easy incorporation as a textbook or supplemental text ; Includes highlighted "Myths and Realities" with each chapter as well as a list of additional resources and cultural competence take-aways after each section. (Publisher description).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionSingle User License.
Issued in other formOnline version: Diversity in couple and family therapy. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017] 9781440833649
LCCN 2016032095
ISBN9781440833632 (alk. paper)
ISBN144083363X (alk. paper)
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