Twelve contributions from Zimmerman (marriage and family therapy, Colorado State U.) and other scholars discuss ways of integrating considerations of gender and culture into family therapy training. A sampling of topics includes how therapists' gender assumptions influence therapy, cross-cultural interactions in supervisory relationships, and combi

Help your students understand the dynamics of power, gender, class, and culture as they affect individuals, society, the therapeutic relationship, and even the relationship between supervisor and trainee. Integrating Gender and Culture in Family Therapy Training offers empirical research and personal experiences dealing with multicultural and gender issues in therapy and therapist training programs. Including case studies, figures, dialogues, and humor, this essential volume will enhance your effectiveness as a supervisor or therapist and inspire you to rethink your own cultural assumptions.

Show parents how to help their children break free of the artificial limitations placed upon them by society's gender and cultural expectations
This book presents both theoretical and practical ideas for integrating gender and culture into parenting. Unlike other books on the subject, this one examines interventions and activities, and suggests discussion topics that provide children with the skills to become critical consumers and thinkers. You'll learn to help children discover and celebrate who they are, while infusing the message that they should notice and challenge exaggerated...

This book presents both the theoretical and practical ideas for integrating gender and culture into parenting. Unlike other books on the subject, this one examines interventions and activities, and suggests discussion topics that provide children with the skills to become critical consumers and thinkers.