Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Guidelines for Equitable Theory and Practice 2nd Edition

This new version, written in an accessible style by industry leaders, investigates why sociocultural attunement and equity important, offering students and therapists with integrative, equity-based family therapy principles and case illustrations that professionals can employ in their practice. The authors incorporate societal context, power, and equity principles into the core concepts and practice of ten major family therapy models, including structural family therapy, narrative family therapy, and Bowen family systems, and this new edition includes a chapter on socio-emotional relationship therapy. Updates include the inclusion of more varied voices that explain the creative application of this framework, the use of reflective questions that may be utilized in class, and additional information on supervision, all while paying particular attention to the “how to’s” of change processes.