Emotionally Focused Guide to Re Visioning African American - Relationship

Written in a conversational style that will appeal to clinicians and academics, this book provides a historical treatment of the cultural context of African Americans, as well as clinical treatment guidelines and practice-based, evidentiary approaches.

List of contents

Part I: The Cultural Context of African Americans 1. Understanding Emotion and Attachment in African American Relationships Dunham 2. How Racism Impacts African Americans: Then and Now Dixon & Boyd-Franklin 3. Family, Community, and Society Billingsley 4. The Healing Impact of Religion and Spirituality Dunham Part II: Emphasizing Emotion and Attachment when Working with African Americans 5. Emotionally Focused Therapy and African Americans Dunham & Woolley 6. Creating and Maintaining the Therapeutic Alliance with African Americans Dunham & Woolley 7. Special Issues in Accessing and Processing Emotions with African American Couples Dunham & Woolley 8. Restructuring Key Interactions In and Out of Session Dunham & Woolley 9. Utilizing Genograms to Explore Attachment Histories Sori Part III: Special Topics 10. Being White and Entering a Black World Dermer 11. Making the Invisible, Visible: African American Clinicians Working with African American Clients Helms 12. Gender and Sexuality Cook 13. Intercultural Couples Dunham 14. Expressing and Accepting Love Helm 15. Giving Grace: The Art of Forgiveness Olund 16. Implications for Training and Supervision Woolley & Dunham

About the author

Shea Dunham, MSW, MSEd, PhD, is a professor in the Division of Psychology and Counseling at Governors State University in Illinois. She is a counselor educator and marriage and family therapist who specializes in working with African American and intercultural couples/families.

Summary

Written in a conversational style that will appeal to clinicians and academics, this book provides a historical treatment of the cultural context of African Americans, as well as clinical treatment guidelines and practice-based, evidentiary approaches.

Product details

• Authors: Shea (Governors State University Dunham
• Assisted by: Shea Dunham (Editor), Shea (Governors State University Dunham (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2017, delayed
• EAN: 9781138839137
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83913-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Family Therapy and Counseling; Routledge Series on Family Therapy and Counseling; Routledge Series on Family Therapy and Counseling
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Family psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy: counselling, Psychotherapy: couples and families, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services