Transformative Family Therapy - Just Families in a Just Society (Paperback)

Almeida Back Cover Copy Transformative Family Therapy: Just Families in a Just Society First Edition By: Rhea V Almeida Lynn Parker Kenneth Dolan-Del Vecchio Basic Approach: This book translates social justice values and multicultural theory into a practical therapeutic model for clinical/community practice. It links people across family boundaries to solve common problems. Personal and relational problems are situated in broader social issues to form a healing context. Features:

• Provides tools and case examples that show students and practitioners how to translate social justice values and multicultural theory into clinical/community practice.
• Introduces a framework for recognizing the social and political contexts of privilege and oppression that shape all relationships.
• Describes unique intervention modalities, including social justice sponsors, social education, and culture circles.
• Teaches readers to extend their reach and impact through a community rather than isolated practitioner approach.
• Provides a comprehensive approach to therapy which can be borrowed from or used in its entirety to implement social justice based changes within families and larger systems.
• Gives a "big-picture" vantage point from which to gain understanding, while allowing readers to integrate new practice approaches as they gain comfort.

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