Linking research with clinical practice, this text shows therapists how to do evidence-based practice when treating contemporary families.
Today’s families are diverse and complex, and their problems do not always improve when treatment focuses on addressing a diagnosis. To achieve successful, lasting change, therapists must help families change their patterns of interaction.
This book examines several common interactional challenges that contemporary families face, such as co-parenting, divorce, intimate partner violence, blending families, and loss and bereavement. Contributors examine research on each challenge alongside research on various diverse family types and offer targeted interventions for each family type.
With its strong emphasis on inclusion, social justice, and evidence-based practice, this book will help clinicians work with today’s diverse families in effective, empathic, and culturally responsive ways.
Edited by:
Scott W. Browning,
Bradley Matheus van Eeden-Moorefield
Imprint: American Psychological Association
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781433836657
ISBN 10: 1433836653
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 08 February 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Our Approach to Inclusive Evidence-Based Practice With Contemporary Families Scott Browning and Brad van Eeden-Moorefield Foundational Terminology and Contextual Information The Process of Creating This Book 2. Implications of Inclusion and Intersectionality for Clinical Practice Maya Autret and Brad van Eeden-Moorefield Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Cultural Competence, Cultural Humility, and Cultural Responsiveness Intersectionality Conclusion 3. Stress From Microaggressions and Discrimination: A Focus on Asian American, African American, Latina/o/x, and Queer Families Research: Lindsey Sank Davis Clinical Applications: Claudia García-Leeds, Yiqing Youngman, Cheryll Rothery, and Erika Grafsky Research Clinical Applications 4. Couple Instability: A Focus on Fragile Families, Stepfamilies, Families With a Child on the Autism Spectrum, and Multiracial Families Research: Francesca Adler-Baeder and Kim D. Gregson Clinical Applications: C. Wayne Jones, Patricia L. Papernow, Scott Browning, Kelley Kenney, and Mark Kenney Research Clinical Applications 5. Intimate Partner Violence: A Focus on Queer Families, Families and Substance Use, and Military Couples Research: Autumn M. Bermea Clinical Applications: Peter Fraenkel, Kristen Benson, Camille St. James, and Matthew Bowen Research Clinical Applications 6. Coparenting: A Focus on Divorced Families, Stepfamilies, Intergenerational Families, and Families With a Child on the Autism Spectrum Research: Tamara D. Afifi, Alison Mazur, and Chris Otmar Clinical Applications: Amy C. Wagner, Patricia L. Papernow, Bindu Methikalam, and Bryan M. Peightal Research Clinical Applications 7. Boundary Ambiguity: A Focus on Stepfamilies, Queer Families, Families With Adolescent Children, and Multigenerational Families Research: Marilyn Coleman and Lawrence Ganong Clinical Applications: Salvatore D’Amore, Scott Browning, Dena DiNardo, and Bindu Methikalam Research Clinical Applications 8. Ambiguous Loss: A Focus on Immigrant Families, Postincarceration Family Life, Addiction and Families, and Military Families Research: Catherine Solheim and Anne Williams-Wengerd Clinical Applications: Christine Kodman-Jones, Kyle Burke, Camille St. James, Miguel Lewis, and Michelle Sherman Research Clinical Applications 9. Loss and Bereavement: A Focus on Cancer and Families, Death of a Parent, Death of a Young Child, and Sudden or Violent Death in Families Research: Jacquelyn J. Benson, Abigail J. Rolbiecki, and Tashel C. Bordere Clinical Applications: Cadmona A. Hall, Allie Abraham, Dena DiNardo, Marianne Celano, and Ileana Ungureanu Research Clinical Applications 10. Emergent Areas of Clinical Practice in Need of Research: Medical Changes Susan McGroarty, Rachel Hull, and Christopher Royer Clinical Expertise and Interpretation of Evidence Conclusion 11. Outcome Assessment in Family Therapy Charles Fishman, Angus Craig, Scott Browning, Rachel Hull, and Allison Rozovsky RBA: Is Anybody Better Off? Case Study for the RBA Genogram-Based Interactional Measure Case Example for the GBIM Conclusion Index About the Editors
Scott Browning, PhD, ABPP, teaches in the doctoral program at Chestnut Hill College, in Philadelphia. Scott has published numerous books, chapters, and journal articles on topics ranging from stepfamilies, autism, empathy, paradox, the contemporary family, and intersectionality. Scott has been awarded the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, and he was the co-recipient of the 2017 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology. Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, MSW, PhD, CFLE, is Professor and Associate Department Chair for Social Justice Initiatives in the Department of Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University. He has authored multiple works in journals such as Journal of Family Psychology, Family Relations, Journal of Family Issues, and Sex Roles. Brad also guest edited special issues on “Intersectional variations in the experiences of queer families” and “Transformative family scholarship: Theory, practice, and research at the intersection of families, race, and social justice.”
Reviews for Treating Contemporary Families: Toward a More Inclusive Clinical Practice
Browning and van Eeden-Moorefield shine a laser focus on the integration of research with contemporary practice. Their unique backgrounds with psychotherapy integration and many types of diverse families equip them to blend evidence-based practice with practice-based evidence to apply to real-world families from a systems perspective.--Terence Patterson, EdD, ABPP, Board-Certified Couple & Family Psychologist, San Francisco, CA Building upon evidence-supported practice, editors Scott Browning and Brad van Eeden-Moorefield offer a creative synthesis of research and scholarship on a variety of family-based topics, which offers thoughtful opportunities for scholarly reflection and practice application.--Jay Poole, PhD, MSW, LCSW, Professor and Director of the Joint Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work Program at North Carolina A&T State University and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro This book goes a long way in building a bridge between research and clinical practice for common presenting issues in psychotherapy with contemporary families. Students and experienced clinicians will find succinct reviews of clinically relevant research paired with clinical chapters that describe the lived experience of the identified client population (including the intersectionality of individual and family factors), a realistic case study, and research-supported interventions.--Mark Stanton, PhD, ABPP, Professor, School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA In Treating Contemporary Families, contributing authors look beyond the diagnostic categories to illustrate the complex challenges of families more realistically. They base their presentation on a holistic view of evidence-based practices, making this material accessible and important for practitioners, students, and researchers.--Thomas L. Sexton, PhD, ABPP, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University, Bloomington, APA Fellow, and Board-Certified Couple & Family Psychologist