Citing the challenge that racism poses to raising healthy African-American males, a guide for parents and educators offers strategies on dealing with contemporary problems, communicating effectively, and instilling a positive racial identity. Reprint.

Boys into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons

Parenting & Relationships

Boyd-Franklin, Nancy

Toussaint, Pamela A.

Franklin, A. J.

Parenting

Plume

Citing the challenge that racism poses to raising healthy African-American males, a guide for parents and educators offers strategies on dealing with contemporary problems, communicating effectively, and instilling a positive racial identity. 17,500 first printing. Tour.

Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons

Dutton Adult

This pioneering work is the most comprehensive book on Black families in therapy to appear in the clinical literature. It is unprecedented in its attention to the cultural diversity among Black families, its emphasis on the utilization of cultural strengths in therapy, and on its application of the concept of clinical empowerment. Dr. Boyd-Franklin also gives thoughtful attention to the therapist's use of self and the subtleties which are often involved in the treatment process. Highlighting the diversity among Black Afro-American families, the author's first five chapters explore a number of cultural issues including racism, racial identification, and skin color; extended family patterns and informal adoptions; role flexibility and boundary confusion; religion and spirituality. Numerous case examples provide rich illustrations of these topics. The latter part of the book further explores socioeconomic differences with specific chapters on poor inner-city, single-parent, and middle-class Black families. An important contribution of this work is its elaboration of the Multisystems Model which allows family therapists to intervene with Black families at multiple levels including the individual, the family, the extended family, church and community networks, and the social service system. Dr. Boyd-Franklin's clear straightforward presentation of this model will allow the practicing therapist to apply it to even the most complex treatment realities. In addition, this Multisystems Model has applicability to many other ethnic groups and treatment situations. For training programs that include ethnicity, culture, and the treatment of Black families in their curriculum, this book provides a comprehensive syllabus. It is essential reading for family therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, medical practitioners, pastoral counselors, educators, and public agency administrators. For students and practitioners in these fields it provides a scholarly, incisive analysis that sets a standard for ethnicity studies in the therapeutic arena.

Black Families in Therapy: A Multisystems Approach

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

The Guilford Press

Helping beginning and experienced therapists cope with the myriad challenges of working in agencies, clinics, hospitals, and private practice, this book distills the leading theories and best practices in the field. The authors provide a clear approach to engaging diverse clients and building rapport; interweaving evidence-based techniques to meet therapeutic goals; and intervening effectively with individuals, families, groups, and larger systems. Practitioners will find tools for addressing the needs of their clients while caring for themselves and avoiding burnout; students will find a clear-headed framework for making use of the variety of approaches available in mental health practice.

Therapy in the Real World: Effective Treatments for Challenging Problems

Cleek, Elizabeth N.

Wofsy, Matt

Mundy, Brian

Adolescents at Risk: Home-Based Family Therapy and School-Based Intervention

Rich with illustrative case material, this book guides mental health professionals to break the cycle of at-risk behavior by engaging adolescents and their families in home, school, and community contexts. The authors explore the multigenerational patterns that shape the lives of poor and ethnic minority adolescents and present innovative strategies for intervening beyond the walls of the agency or clinic. Grounded in research, the book shows how to implement both home-based family therapy and school-based achievement mentoring to provide a comprehensive web of support. Building on the earlier Reaching Out in Family Therapy, this book reflects the ongoing development of the authors' multisystems approach and many other important changes in the field; the majority of the content is completely new. It is an indispensable resource for beginning and experienced professionals or text for courses on adolescent intervention or adolescent mental health.

Politics & Social Sciences

Bry, Brenna Hafer

Social Sciences

Reaching Out in Family Therapy: Home-Based, School, and Community Interventions

This volume provides the skills practitioners need to conduct family therapy sessions in the home, school, and community. The authors demonstrate how meetings outside of the traditional office setting can enable therapists to intervene actively in the various systems that affect clients' lives. This multisystems approach can be particularly useful when working with poor and ethnic minority families, whose support networks may include extended family, school personnel, and members of the "church family." Practitioners learn how to utilize out-of-office sessions to meet the people who are influential in clients' lives; observe the life realities of children, adolescents, and parents; and identify resources that can be mobilized to produce change. Detailed strategies are presented to help families navigate the overlapping demands of multiple agencies and institutions and to manage and prevent such problems as substance abuse, school drop-out, and child abuse. Throughout, therapeutic and ethical guidelines are illustrated by extensive clinical case material. The book is ideal for those already doing home-based work, as well as those who would like to incorporate it into their practice.

Haffer Bry, Brenna

Mental Health

Black Families in Therapy: Understanding the African American Experience

This classic text helps professionals and students understand and address cultural and racial issues in therapy with African American clients. Leading family therapist Nancy Boyd-Franklin explores the problems and challenges facing African American communities at different socioeconomic levels, expands major therapeutic concepts and models to be more relevant to the experiences of African American families and individuals, and outlines an empowerment-based, multisystemic approach to helping clients mobilize cultural and personal resources for change.

This book has been replaced by Adolescents at Risk: Home-Based Family Therapy and School-Based Intervention, ISBN 978-1-4625-3653-5.

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Boys into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons

Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons

Black Families in Therapy: A Multisystems Approach

Therapy in the Real World: Effective Treatments for Challenging Problems

Therapy in the Real World: Effective Treatments for Challenging Problems

Adolescents at Risk: Home-Based Family Therapy and School-Based Intervention

Adolescents at Risk: Home-Based Family Therapy and School-Based Intervention

Reaching Out in Family Therapy: Home-Based, School, and Community Interventions

Black Families in Therapy: Understanding the African American Experience

Reaching Out in Family Therapy: Home-Based, School, and Community Interventions