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

by Monica McGoldrick (Editor), Kenneth V. Hardy (Editor)

This practitioner guide and widely adopted text illuminates how racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression constrain the lives of diverse clients - and family therapy itself. Leading thinkers and therapists provide powerful tools for expanding the boundaries of the field and working toward truly inclusive clinical practice. The volume integrates theoretical exposition with case vignettes and evocative autobiographical narratives. It reveals the experiences, challenges, wisdom, and struggles of people whose voices are not often heard in the mainstream literature, including racial minority, intercultural, poor, immigrant, and gay and lesbian families.

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

483 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Megan]

Gender and Culture MFT 544

[Rebecca Short, LMFT]

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]

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]

Good ideas and topics, but very outdated.