Applying Critical Social Theories to Family Therapy Practice

• Main Author: McDowell, Teresa (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Clinical psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Family.

This volume applies critical social theories to family therapy practice, using sociopolitical context for a clearer focus on the power dynamics of couple and family relationships. Its decolonizing approach to therapy is shown countering the pervasive cultural themes that grant privilege to specific...

Table of Contents:

• Critical Social Decolonizing Theories in Family Therapy
• Capitalism, Social Class and Family Praxis
• Gender and Patriarchy
• Race and Family Therapy
• Queer Theory and the Practice of Family Therapy
• Space, Place and Just Practice
• Practicing Critical Decolonizing Family Therapy.