TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Boyd-Franklin, Nancy
TI  - Black families in therapy: understanding the African American experience
SN  - 157230619X (alk. paper)
U1  - 616.89156 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Guilford Press
KW  - African American families--Mental health
KW  - African Americans--Social conditions
KW  -  Family psychotherapy
N1  - pt. 1. Overview 
Racism, racial identity, and skin color issues 
Extended family patterns, kinship care, and informal adoption 
Role flexibility and boundary confusion 
African American men and women: socialization and relationships 
Separation, divorce, remarriage, and stepparenting 
Religion and spirituality in African American families 
Additional important topics in African American communities 
pt. 2. Major treatment theories, issues, and interventions 
The therapist's use of self and value conflicts 
Major family therapy approaches and their relevance to the treatment of African Americans 
The multisystems model 
Public policy issues: a guide for clinicians 
pt. 3. Socioeconomic class issues and diversity of family structures 
Poor families and the multisystems model 
Single-parent African American families 
Middle-class African American families 
pt. 4. Implications for supervision, training, and future research 
Implications for training and supervision 
Conclusion and implications for future clinical work and research
ER  -