Challenging therapists to consider a family's cultural system, the classic first edition of this book contributed to a significant shift in the way family therapy was practiced.

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This widely used clinical reference has now been fully revised and expanded, providing the latest knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups. Each chapter demonstrates how ethnocultural factors may influence the assumptions of both clients and therapists, the issues people bring to the clinical context, and their resources for coping and problem solving. Updated throughout with essential new material, the third edition includes chapters on several additional groups. An indispensable new appendix offers a concise guide to weaving cultural information into assessment and intervention planning.

"Ethnicity is part of the lived experience of each of us every day, whether in the foods we like, our ways of expressing affection, religious and political views, gender roles, taboos and expectations, and so much more. This book expands our understanding of the complexity of the cultural fabric of our families: what distinguishes us and what unites us. As we travel through a multiplicity of national, cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds, what is most remarkable is that across all of these diverse experiences and conditions, families are important to us all. This book allows us to celebrate our differences while encouraging us to conduct our clinical work with respect toward and knowledge of each family's ethnic and cultural uniqueness." -José Szapocznik, PhD, Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami

695 Pages + Index, hardcover

1. Overview: Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Monica McGoldrick, Joe Giordano, and Nydia Garcia-Preto
I. American Indian and Pacific Islander Families
2. American Indian Families: An Overview, CharlesEtta T. Sutton and Mary Anne Broken Nose
3. Back to the Future: An Examination of the Native American Holocaust Experience, Nadine Tafoya and Ann Del Vecchio
4. Nā 'Ohana: Native Hawaiian Families, Valli Kalei Kanuha
II. Families of African Origin
5. Familes of African Origin: An Overview, Lascelles Black and Vanessa Jackson
6. African American Families, Paulette Moore Hines and Nancy Boyd-Franklin
7. African Immigrant Families, ugo Kamya
8. British West Indian Families, Janet R. Brice-Baker
9. Haitian Families, Josiane Menos
10. Muslim African American Families, Vanessa McAdams-Mahmoud
III. Latino Families
11. Latino Families: An Overview, Nydia Garcia-Preto
12. Brazilian Families, Eliana Catão de Korin and Sueli S. de Carvalho Petry
13. Central American Families, Miguel Hernandez
14. Colombian Families, Ramón Rojano and Jenny Duncan-Rojano
15. Cuban Families, Guillermo Bernal and Ester Shapiro
16. Dominican Families, Carmen Inoa Vasquez
17. Mexican Families, Celia Jaes Falicov
18. Puerto Rican Families, Nydia Garcia Preto
19. Salvadoran Families, Daniel Kusnir
IV. Asian Families
20. Asian Families: An Overview, Evelyn Lee and Matthew R. Mock
21. Cambodian Families, Lorna McKenzie-Pollock
22. Chinese Families, Evelyn Lee and Matthew R. Mock
23. Filipino Families, Maria P. P. Root
24. Indonesian Families, Fred P. Piercy, Adriana Soekandar, Catherine D. M. Limansubroto, and Sean D. Davis
25. Japanese Families, Tazuko Shibusawa
26. Korean Families, Bok-Lim C. Kim and Eunjung Ryu
27. Vietnamese Families, Paul K. Leung and James Boehnlein
V. Asian Indian and Pakistani Families
28. Asian Indian Families: An Overview, Rhea Almeida
29. Indian Hindu Families, Vimala Pillari
30. Pakistani Families, Shivani Nath
VI. Middle Eastern Families
31. Arab Families: An Overview, Nuha Abudabbeh
32. Armenian Families, Steve Dagirmanjian
33. Iranian Families, Behnaz Jalali
34. Lebanese and Syrian Families, Karen L. Haboush
35. Palestinian Families, Nuha Abudabbeh
VII. Families of European Origin
36. Families of European Origin: An Overview, Joe Giordano and Monica McGoldrick
37. American Families with English Ancestors from the Colonial Era: Anglo Americans, David W. McGill and John K. Pearce
38. Dutch Families, Conrad DeMaster and Mary Ann Dros-Giordano
39. French Canadian Families, Régis Langelier and Pamela Langelier
40. German Families, Hinda Winawer and Norbert A. Wetzel
41. Greek Families, Kyle D. Killian and Anna M. Agathangelou
42. Hungarian Families, Tracey a. Laszloffy
43. Irish Families, Monica McGoldrick
44. Italian Families, Joe Giordano, Monica McGoldrick, and Joanne Guarino Klages
45. Portuguese Families, Zarita A. Araújo-Lane
46. Scandinavian Families: Plain and Simple, Beth M. Erickson
47. Scots-Irish Families, Morris Taggart
VIII. Jewish Families
48. Jewish Families: An Overview, Susan F. Weltman and Elliott J. Rosen
49. Israeli Families, Anat Ziv
50. Orthodox Jewish Families, Marsha Pravder Mirkin and Barbara F. Okun
51. Russian Jewish Families, Leonid Newhouse
IX. Slavic Families
52. Slavic Families: An Overview, Leonid Newhouse
53. Czech and Slovak Families, Jo-Ann Krestan and Rita Mae Gazarik
54. Polish Families, John Folwarski and Joseph Smolenski, Jr.
Appendix. Cultural Assessment

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