Feminist family therapy : empowerment in social context / edited by Louise B. Silverstein and Thelma Jean Goodrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Silverstein, Louise B.

Goodrich, Thelma Jean, 1940-

Class of 1953 Fund.

Series:

Psychology of women book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family psychotherapy.

Feminist therapy.

Physical Description:

xix, 393 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2003]

Summary:

"Feminist Family Therapy offers case-based discussions that address race, gender, and class as they affect the personal problems of individual families. While keeping an explicit focus on clinical work, this volume highlights power differentials in families and larger systems.

Contents:

I. Considering the Historical Context of Feminism in Family Therapy 1

Chapter 1. A Feminist Family Therapist's Work Is Never Done / Thelma Jean Goodrich 3

Chapter 2. Classic Texts and Early Critiques / Louise B. Silverstein 17

II. Reframing Life-Cycle Issues 37

Chapter 3. Over the Rainbow: The Lesbian Family / Kris Halstead 39

Chapter 4. "I Can't Go Back": Divorce as Adaptive Resistance / Joy K. Rice 51

Chapter 5. Repairing the World: An Adolescent and Her Parents / Kaethe Weingarten 65

Chapter 6. Loyalty to Family of Origin / Roberta L. Nutt 79

Chapter 7. Gender in Stepfamilies: Daughters and Fathers / Anne C. Bernstein 91

III. Contextualizing Racial and Ethnic Identities in Families 105

Chapter 8. Contemporary African American Families / Ruth L. Hall, Beverly Greene 107

Chapter 9. Relationships Between Women in Families: Voices of Chivalry / Leslye King Mize 121

Chapter 10. Confucian Past, Conflicted Present: Working With Asian American Families / Liang Tien, Kari Olson 135

Chapter 11. The Black Madonna: The Psychospiritual Feminism of Guadalupe, Kali, and Monserrat / Lillian Comas-Diaz 147

IV. Recognizing Power in Families 161

Chapter 12. Helping Men Embrace Equality / Gary R. Brooks 163

Chapter 13. Treating Male Alexithymia / Ronald F. Levant 177

Chapter 14. Women's Secrets in Therapy / Evan Imber-Black 189

Chapter 15. Gendered Constraints to Intimacy in Heterosexual Couples / Cheryl Rampage 199

Chapter 16. Gender, Marriage, and Depression / Peggy Papp 211

Chapter 17. Bringing Power From the Margins to the Center / Lynn Parker 225

V. Analyzing Service Delivery Systems 239

Chapter 18. Incarcerated African American Women / Janet Brice-Baker 241

Chapter 19. A Venn Diagram: Feminism, Family Therapy, and Family Medicine / Lucy M. Candib 253

Chapter 20. Gender, Couples, and Illness: A Feminist Analysis of Medical Family Therapy / Susan H. McDaniel, Kathleen Cole-Kelly 267

Chapter 21. The Women's Center: Feminism in the Treatment of AIDS / Anitra Pivnick 281

VI. Addressing Sociopolitical Forces 291

Chapter 22. Creating Collectives of Liberation / Rhea V. Almeida 293

Chapter 23. Biracial Lesbian-Led Adoptive Families / Natalie S. Eldridge, Susan E. Barrett 307

Chapter 24. Assessment of Domestic Violence / Michele Harway 319

Chapter 25. Class, Culture, and Gender in Immigrant Families / Jaime Inclan 333

VII. Examining Supervision in Feminist Family Therapy 349

Chapter 26. The Gender Metaframework / Betty Mac Kune-Karrer, Catherine Weigel Foy 351

Chapter 27. Naming Injustice, Engendering Hope: Tensions in Feminist Family Therapy Training / Jean Turner, Judith Myers Avis 365.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

1591470218

OCLC:

51838297