Re-Visioning Family Therapy Addressing Diversity in Clinical Practice 3rd Edition by McGoldrick & Hardy (2019)

Re-Visioning Family Therapy: Addressing Diversity in Clinical Practice, Third Edition (2019) edited by Monica McGoldrick and Kenneth V. Hardy — published by The Guilford Press — is a leading text for courses that go beyond the basics of family systems theory, intervention techniques, and diversity. This influential work has now been significantly revised with 65% new material, reflecting more than a decade of theoretical and clinical advances and the growing diversity of contemporary American society.

The volume explores how family relationships — and therapy itself — are profoundly shaped by race, social class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and other intersecting dimensions of marginalization and privilege. Chapters from leading experts guide the practitioner to challenge assumptions about family health and pathology, understand the psychosocial impact of oppression, and tap into clients' cultural resources for healing. Practical clinical strategies are interwoven with theoretical insights, case examples, training ideas, and therapists' reflections on their own cultural and family legacies.

New to this edition: existing chapters thoroughly updated and 21 chapters added, expanding the perspectives in the book; reflects over a decade of theoretical and clinical advances and the growing diversity of the United States; new sections on re-visioning clinical research, trauma and psychological homelessness, and larger systems perspectives.

Topics covered: rethinking family therapy through the lenses of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and culture; intersectionality in clinical practice; the impact of trauma and historical oppression on families; immigrant and refugee families; LGBTQ+ families and gender-expansive children; race and racism in therapy; addressing white privilege and therapist positionality; spirituality and religion in family work; class and economic justice; couple therapy across difference; intergenerational family patterns and the genogram; therapeutic implications of family secrets; therapist self-reflection and cultural humility; community-based and systemic interventions; and the therapist's role in promoting social justice through clinical work.

Essential for: marriage and family therapy (MFT) graduate programs; clinical psychology doctoral programs; clinical social work programs; counseling psychology programs; AAMFT-accredited training programs; LMFT licensure preparation; multicultural counseling courses; family therapy supervisors and trainers; and practicing therapists committed to culturally responsive, anti-oppressive clinical practice.