Family Therapy as Socially Transformative Practice
Practical Strategies
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Beschreibung
This thorough review
of social justice in family therapy guides practitioners to incorporate
concepts of equity and fairness in their work. Expanding on the relationships
between larger social contexts and individuals’ family functioning, it offers practical
strategies for talking with families about power disparities, injustice, and respect,
and for empowering clients inside and outside the therapy room. Case studies
and discussions with therapists illustrate how family challenges are commonly exacerbated
outside the home, and the potential for this understanding to help clients work
toward positive change while improving therapists’ professional development. The
book’s accessible, solution-focused approach shows small therapeutic steps changing
families, communities, and clinical practice for the better.
Included in the
coverage:
Family therapy + social justice + daily
practices = transforming therapy.Researcher as practitioner: practitioner
as researcher.
Learning to speak social justice talk in
family therapy.
Supporting the development of novice
therapists.
Everyday solution-focused recursion:
when family therapy faculty, supervisors, researchers, students, and
clients play well together.
Family therapy stories: stretching
customary family therapy practices.
At once down-to-earth and inspiring, Family Therapy as Socially
Transformative Practice is a must read for those interested in family
therapy and family-centered practices and policies.
This thorough review of social justice in family therapy guides practitioners to incorporate concepts of equity and fairness in their work. Expanding on the relationships between larger social contexts and individuals’ family functioning, it offers practical strategies for talking with families about power disparities, injustice, and respect, and for empowering clients inside and outside the therapy room. Case studies and discussions with therapists illustrate how family challenges are commonly exacerbated outside the home, and the potential for this understanding to help clients work toward positive change while improving therapists’ professional development. The book’s accessible, solution-focused approach shows small therapeutic steps changing families, communities, and clinical practice for the better.
Included in the coverage:
- Family therapy + social justice + daily
practices = transforming therapy.
- Researcher as practitioner: practitioner as researcher.
- Learning to speak social justice talk in family therapy.
- Supporting the development of novice therapists.
- Everyday solution-focused recursion: when family therapy faculty, supervisors, researchers, students, and clients play well together.
- Family therapy stories: stretching customary family therapy practices.
At once down-to-earth and inspiring, Family Therapy as Socially Transformative Practice is a must read for those interested in family therapy and family-centered practices and policies.
Offers practical suggestions for infusing social justice into daily family therapy practice Encourages family therapists to attend to social justice issues in less traditional ways Identifies successful teaching and supervision approaches Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Sally St. George
Themen in »Family Therapy as Socially Transformative Practice«
Addressing Discrimination in Family Therapy Adjusting Power Imbalances Bringing the Community into Family Therapy Community-minded Family Therapy Family Therapy Innovations in Family Therapy Social Justice Themes in Clinical Supervision Social Justice in Family Therapy Systemic Family Therapy Teaching Family Therapy