Understanding Diverse Families: What Practitioners Need to Know - Couverture rigide

Okun, Barbara F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1572300566 ISBN 13 : 9781572300569

Editeur : Guilford Publications, 1996

Synopsis

Book by Okun PhD Barbara F

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Today's mental health clinicians face a rapidly changing clientele. Divorce, remarriage, multiracial marriages, different types of adoption, openly gay and lesbian relationships all have significantly altered the nature and composition of families. Synthesizing current literature with information obtained through first?person interviews, this book helps practitioners work effectively with diversity in this challenging new environment. The volume confronts myths and stereotypes about what is considered "normal" and what constitutes a "family." It insightfully examines a range of healthy families with creative family structures and expands our notions about how families work. Throughout, a wealth of vignettes present the voices of family members themselves. The book concludes with a list of resources for parents and children in the family types discussed. This book will be of interest to all mental health practitioners and students who wish to equip themselves to work in practice as it is today. It serves as a text for graduate students and trainees in counseling and clinical psychology, social work, psychiatric nursing, family therapy, and psychiatry (who have had introductory coursework in theories of personality and family therapy).

Biographie de l'auteur

Barbara F. Okun, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology, Rehabilitation, and Special Education at Northeastern University; Clinical Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; and a supervisor in the Cambridge Hospital Couples and Family Therapy program. She has published several books, including Intimate Environments: Sex, Intimacy, and Gender in Family Therapy (coedited with David Kantor), as well as numerous chapters and articles, and she serves as editor of a book series that focuses on women and mental health. Dr. Okun's clinical practice comprises a diverse clientele of individuals, couples, and families.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Guilford Publications
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1572300566
• ISBN 13: 9781572300569
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376