Empowerment Practice with Families in Distress (Paperback)

Introduction
Part I. A Family-Centered Empowerment Framework
1. Empowerment Then and Now
2. Seeing Families Through an Empowerment Lens
Part II. Three Family Profiles: The Journey from Oppression to Empowerment
3. The Laurencio-Smith Family: Our Differences Saved Us
4. The Williams Family: New Lives Beyond Incest
5. The Brown-Wiley Family: Homeless No More
Part III. Helping Families
6. The Phases and Actions of Empowering Practice
Part IV. A Closer Look at Families WITH Their Communities
7. Empowering Families with Community Resources
8. Supporting Theories that Empower Social WorkerñFamily Transactions
Appendix A. Cross-Cultural Counseling Competencies: A Conceptual Framework
Appendix B. The Family Power Analysis