Re-Visioning Family Therapy: Race, Culture, and Gender in Clinical Practice

by Monica McGoldrick (Editor)

Exploring the ways that clients' lives, and family therapy itself, are constrained by larger forces of racial, cultural, sexual, and class-based inequality, this groundbreaking volume expands the boundaries of the field and works toward truly inclusive clinical practice. Editor Monica McGoldrick¿whose earlier Ethnicity and Family Therapy provides in-depth portraits of the family systems of more than 40 ethnic groups¿here takes up vital cultural issues that cut across all ethnicities. Renowned contributors offer concrete suggestions for improving family therapy training and developing services that minority families may experience as more relevant to their lives.

Genres: Psychology, School, Counselling, Social Work, Textbooks

444 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gender and Culture MFT 544

[Rebecca Short, LMFT · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am familiar with Monica McGoldrick's other books and have found her feministic approach to couples and family therapy to be inspiring and challenging. This collection of chapters about various ethnic, cultural, spiritual, and gender-related issues in the couples and family field is exceptional. I found Tracey A. Laszloffy's chapter on social class to be particularly inspiring and hope to be able to rise to the challenge presented in the chapter to practice from a life-reality system stance as opposed to a money-reality system. The entire book is excellent and should be part of every practicing therapist's library.

[Sara Wolfie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I strongly recommend this book as required reading for any social worker, therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, counselor, etc etc. A really valuable look at how the larger societal issues and inequalities can come into play in individual practice, and how practitioners can combat - or perpetuate - forces such as racism and discrimination.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good ideas and topics, but very outdated.