Treating Contemporary Families: Toward a More Inclusive Clinical Practice - Paperback

by Scott W. Browning (Editor), Bradley Matheus Van Eeden-Moorefield (Editor)

Linking research with clinical practice, this text shows therapists how to do evidence-based practice when treating contemporary families.

Today's families are diverse and complex, and their problems do not always improve when treatment focuses on addressing a diagnosis. To achieve successful, lasting change, therapists must help families change their patterns of interaction.

This book examines several common interactional challenges that contemporary families face, such as co-parenting, divorce, intimate partner violence, blending families, and loss and bereavement. Contributors examine research on each challenge alongside research on various diverse family types and offer targeted interventions for each family type.

With its strong emphasis on inclusion, social justice, and evidence-based practice, this book will help clinicians work with today's diverse families in effective, empathic, and culturally responsive ways.

Author Biography

Scott Browning, PhD, ABPP, teaches in the doctoral program at Chestnut Hill College, in Philadelphia. Scott has published numerous books, chapters, and journal articles on topics ranging from stepfamilies, autism, empathy, paradox, the contemporary family, and intersectionality. Scott has been awarded the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, and he was the co-recipient of the 2017 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology.

Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, MSW, PhD, CFLE, is Professor and Associate Department Chair for Social Justice Initiatives in the Department of Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University. He has authored multiple works in journals such as Journal of Family Psychology, Family Relations, Journal of Family Issues, and Sex Roles. Brad also guest edited special issues on "Intersectional variations in the experiences of queer families" and "Transformative family scholarship: Theory, practice, and research at the intersection of families, race, and social justice."