Black Fathering and Mental Health; Black Fathers' Narratives on Raising Their Children Across the Family Life Cycle

ISBN-13: 9781433193095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 148 str.

Michael D. Hannon

Opis

Designed to amplify the voices of Black men, Black Fathering and Mental Health combines counseling expertise with personal narrative in order to offer guidance and resources to counselors and other mental health professionals supporting Black fathers

Recenzje

"Dr. Michael Hannon and his colleagues have broken new ground with a unique and timely contribution to the literature of Black fathering and anti-racism. Through their lived experience as sons and fathers, combined with their education and experience as mental health counselors, they are transparent, vulnerable, proud, reflective, articulate, committed, engaged Black men who thoroughly disrupt the racist trope of the absent Black father. Their lived experiences are diverse and reflective of the broad spectrum of family constellations in our society. I read this manuscript as an Arab American, having raised two Biracial Black children with special needs. The fears expressed about their children experiencing the dangers of racism and white supremacy resonated deeply in my heart from when I held my children for the first time. Each contributor includes reflections on how counseling helped or could have helped their fathering. Hannon's concluding chapter is actionable recommendations for counselors and other mental health professionals for working with Black fathers. In sum, this book will instruct and inspire the reader with the resilience and determination of Black men and fathers." -Robert Naseef, PhD, Alternative Choices, Psychologist, Author of Autism in the Family: Caring and Coping Together and Special Children, Challenged Parents: The Struggles and Rewards of Raising a Child with a Disability

Spis treści

List of Illustrations - Foreword - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Dr. Michael D. Hannon: Introduction - Dr. Tyce Nadrich: Expectant Straight Black Fatherhood - Dr. Alfonso Ferguson: Aspiring Black Fatherhood from a Same Gender Loving Lens - Dr. S. Kent Butler: Black Fathering for Early Education Readiness - Dr. Sam Steen: Engaged, Non-residential Black Fathering for Early Education Readiness - Dr. Linwood G. Vereen: Fathering Biracial Children in the 21^st Century - Dr. Eric Williams: Fathering Children with Developmental Differences - Rev. Robert C. Rogers: Renegotiating Relationships with Emerging Adolescents - Dr. Michael D. Hannon: Supporting Adolescent Mental Health - Rodney N. West: Fathering Adolescents for Post-secondary Success - Dr. Gelawdiyos M. Haile, Dr. Amber S. Haley, Dr. Amber R. Norman, Dr. S. Kent Butler: Black Adult Children on Their Black Fathers: A Retrospective - Dr. Michael D. Hannon: For Counselors by a Counselor: Concluding Thoughts on Counseling Black Fathers - Dr. Ivory A. Toldson: Afterword: Black Fathering Counter-Stories - Contributors.

O autorze

Michael Hannon is Associate Professor of Counseling at Montclair State University. He has over 20 years of counseling experience and his research are focused on Black men's wellness. Dr. Hannon's doctoral degree in Counselor Education & Supervision is from the Pennsylvania State University.