Diversity In Couple And Family Therapy Ethnicities Sexualities And Socioeconomics Shalonda Kelly by Shalonda Kelly 9781440833632, 144083363X instant download after payment.

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).