Black Couples Therapy

Herausgeber: Cooper, Yamonte; Holmes, Erica

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Most research and couple therapy modalities tend to be normed on white European American couples and fail to include research on Black couples. This volume fills a void in the theory, research, and practice of couples therapy where clinicians have historically not been specifically trained to provide culturally responsive care when addressing the unique experiences and needs of Black couples. It aims to provide students, researchers, and allied mental health professionals with greater awareness, knowledge, and competency in working with Black couples. It assists therapists in developing a working alliance with Black couples and places an emphasis on cultivating environments that are instrumental to decreasing relationship distress and disconnection. Black Couples Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of the research and theory behind race and identity as well as romantic coupling, illustrated by examples of practice"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781009205627
• ISBN-10: 1009205625
• Artikelnr.: 66154472

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword by Kenneth
V. Hardy; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Race, Racism, and
Identity: 1. Internalized Stereotypes and the Impact on Black Couples
Cynthia Chestnut; 2. The Role of the Strong Black Woman Schema in Black
Love and Relationships Heather C. Lofton and Adia Gooden; 3. Black
Same-Gender-Loving Male Couples' Health within an Afrocentric Psychological
Paradigm: The Influences of Spirituality and Religion Jonathan Mathias
Lassiter; Part II. Foundations for Healthy Coupling: 4. The Foundations for
Strong and Healthy Relationships between Black Men and Women: Purposes,
Practices, and Processes Daryl M. Rowe and Sandra Lyons Rowe; 5.
Considerations for Premarital Counseling and Education for Dating and
Engaged Heterosexual African American Couples Erica Holmes, Ronecia Lark
and Jessica M. Smedley; Part III. Adapting Major Therapeutic Approaches for
work with African American Couples: 6. Emotionally Focused Therapy with
Black Couples Yamonte Cooper; 7. Use of the Gottman Method with African
American Couples Impacted by Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome Satira Streeter
Corbitt; 8. Transcending the Binary: A Narrative Therapy Approach to Work
with Black Trans Men Navigating Gender Transition with Romantic Partners
Moe A. Brown; 9. Imago Therapy and the African American Couple Beverley
Boothe; 10. African American Narratives of Trauma: An EMDR Approach to
Tapping into the Strengths of Black Love Alice Shepard and Katherine McKay;
Part IV. Sex and Intimacy: 11. Sexual Intimacy in Black Heterosexual Couple
Relationships: Challenges and Opportunities toward Relational Intimacy
Danielle Y. Drake and Daktari Shari R. Hicks; 12. Intimacy, Desire, and Sex
in the African American Relationships Jeshana Avent-Johnson; 13. Wearing a
Mask in Love: Implications for Covering and Infidelity in Black
Relationships Laura Dupiton and Cynthia Chestnut; Part V. Special Topics:
14. Weathering the Storm: Fertility and the Black Lesbian Experience Tenika
L. Jackson; 15. African American Men and Infertility: Biopsychosocial
Considerations Brian R. Humphrey; 16. Couples Therapy with Black American
Couples Facing Medical Illness: Considerations for Treatment Lekeisha A.
Sumner; Index.