Psychotherapy with African American women : innovations in psychodynamic perspectives and practice / edited by Leslie C. Jackson, Beverly Greene.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Leslie C.

Greene, Beverly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Mental health.

African American women.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

African American women--Psychology.

Physical Description:

xxii, 298 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2000]

Summary:

Focusing on the breadth of issues that affect psychotherapy with African American women, this unique volume is designed to help clinicians develop a broader understanding of what is useful and what is problematic when applying psychodynamic concepts to their clients. Chapters present innovative and creative reformulations of theory and technique that build upon and challenge existing models. Issues addressed include the psychological dilemmas confronting diverse African American women as they negotiate a society that is hostile to them on multiple levels; how ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and other differences come into play within the therapeutic dyad; and approaches to unraveling the complex interplay of sociopolitical, intrapsychic, and interpersonal concerns in treatment. Filled with illustrative clinical material and pointers for practice, the volume will enhance the cultural competence of mental heath practitioners and students across a range of disciplines.

Contents:

The new multiculturalism and psythodynamic theory: psychodynamic psychotherapy and African American women / Leslie C. Jackson

The interweaving of cultural and intrapsychic issues in the therapeutic relationship / Kumea Shorter-Gooden and Leslie C. Jackson

Individual and group psychotherapy with African American women: understanding the identity and context of the therapist and patient / Joan M. Adams

The Stone Center theoretical approach revisited: applications for African American women / Yvonne M. Jenkins

African American lesbians and bisexual women in feminist-psychodynamic psychotherapies: surviving and thriving between a rock and a hard place / Beverly Greene

The courage to hear: African American women's memories of racial trauma / Jessica Henderson Daniel

The African American supervisor: racial transference and countertransference in interracial psychotherapy supervision / Michele Owens-Patterson

Hair texture, length, and style as a metaphor in the African American mother-daughter relationship: considerations in psychodynamic psychotherapy / Beverly Greene, Judith C. White, and Lisa Whitten

Finding the lost part: identity and the black/white biracial client / Kumea Shorter-Gooden

Psychoanalytic group psychotherapy with African American women: the bad mother in all-female groups / Judith C. White

The icon of the strong black woman: the paradox of strength / Regina E. Romero

African American women and moral masochism: when there is too much of a good thing / Cheryl L. Thompson

Feminist and psychodynamic psychotherapy with African American women: some differences / Frances K. Trotman

African American and American Jew: a tale of two women searching for home / Cheryl L. Thompson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1572305851

OCLC:

43978733