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Transformations of Gender and Race will help you become a better
therapist by arming you with new theories and practices that
concern inclusiveness of identity, psyche, and culture in the
therapy room. This book radically shifts current thinking in
systemic theory and practice with individuals, children, couples,
and families, giving you a fresh perspective on working with your
clients of all cultural backgrounds and both genders.In
Transformations of Gender and Race: Family and Developmental
Perspectives, you'll discover superb contemporary thinking in
cultural studies, post-colonial theory, gender theory, queer
theory, and clinical and research work with numerous populations
who have been overlooked and undertheorized. You'll gain a wealth
of knowledge and expertise from its contributors who have been
immersed in the issues they address.The chapters in Transformations
of Gender and Race provide a superb, state-of-the-art bibliography
of contemporary thinking in cultural studies, post-colonial theory,
and clinical and research work with numerous populations who have
been "overlooked and undertheorized." The new paradigms dicussed
and practiced in Transformations in Gender and Race encourage
cultural multiplicity, inclusiveness, and understanding. A pallete
of contemporary thinking, this insightful book will guide you in:
how to bring diversity into the lived experience of young children
numerous theoretical paradigms couples therapy men's work and
children addressing the intersections of gender, race, class, and
culture in the therapy room transformations regarding race and
gender the inclusiveness of feminismA wealth of expertise and sharp
observation that reaches out to enrich and humanize therapy
practices, Transformations of Gender and Race addresses the
interactions between gender, class, race, sexual orientation, and
age. Creative and in-depth, this volume articulates a perspective
that connects all of these contexts of potential oppression and
privilege. You will gain a deeper understanding of numerous
theoretical paradigms for working with couples, individuals, and
children that will improve your practice.
Expansions of Feminist Family Theory Through Diversity reconstructs
feminist family therapy to include issues of race, class, gender,
culture, and sexual orientation. The contributors assist you with
creating possible solutions to mental health problems in all types
of families. This will enable you to find specific working
strategies to help solve the problems inherent in families of
diversity. This book also provides you with several conceptual
models for approaching the sociopolitical context of family
therapy.This collection challenges family therapy as an existing
context of power privilege and expands feminist principle and
diversity into subject areas such as intimate violence among the
racially and sexually different, heterosexual privilege in family
life, homosexual and racial oppression, social inequalities within
the therapeutic story, and, from Monica McGoldrick, reflections on
self as viewed by the multiple social systems of
oppression.Clinicians and practicing feminist therapists can find
insight into many general topic areas relevant to daily practice,
such as: race as a social construct culture in the context of race,
class, gender, and sexual orientation assessment and treatment of
violence in heterosexual and homosexual families a social critique
of therapeutic inequalities addressing the social inequalities in
the delivery of mental health the politics of privilege and privacy
in family lifeExpansions of Feminist Family Theory Through
Diversity is organized in a way that makes it central to all
clinical practice. It can be used as a guidebook for family
therapists, social workers, counselors (guidance, clergy, and
counseling programs) and psychologists who deal with diverse
families and their problems.
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