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Almeida Back Cover Copy Transformative Family Therapy: Just Families in a Just Society First Edition By: Rhea V Almeida Lynn Parker Kenneth Dolan-Del Vecchio Basic Approach: This book translates social justice values and multicultural theory into a practical therapeutic model for clinical/community practice. It links people across family boundaries to solve common problems. Personal and relational problems are situated in broader social issues to form a healing context. Features: Provides tools and case examples that show students and practitioners how to translate social justice values and multicultural theory into clinical/community practice. Introduces a framework for recognizing the social and political contexts of privilege and oppression that shape all relationships. Describes unique intervention modalities, including social justice sponsors, social education, and culture circles. Teaches readers to extend their reach and impact through a community rather than isolated practitioner approach. Provides a comprehensive approach to therapy which can be borrowed from or used in its entirety to implement social justice based changes within families and larger systems. Gives a "big-picture" vantage point from which to gain understanding, while allowing readers to integrate new practice approaches as they gain comfort. ________________________________________________________________________ ** MyHelpingL ad **Almeida, Rhea V. is the author of 'Transformative Family Therapy Just Families in a Just Society', published 2007 under ISBN 9780205470082 and ISBN 0205470084.
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