An Emotionally Focused Guide to Re-Visioning African American Relationships

Shea Dunham, MSW, MSEd, PhD, is a professor in the Division of Psychology and Counseling at Governors State University in Illinois. She is a counselor educator and marriage and family therapist who specializes in working with African American and intercultural couples/families.

Part I: The Cultural Context of African Americans 1. Understanding Emotion and Attachment in African American Relationships Dunham 2. How Racism Impacts African Americans: Then and Now Dixon & Boyd-Franklin 3. Family, Community, and Society Billingsley 4. The Healing Impact of Religion and Spirituality Dunham Part II: Emphasizing Emotion and Attachment when Working with African Americans 5. Emotionally Focused Therapy and African Americans Dunham & Woolley 6. Creating and Maintaining the Therapeutic Alliance with African Americans Dunham & Woolley 7. Special Issues in Accessing and Processing Emotions with African American Couples Dunham & Woolley 8. Restructuring Key Interactions In and Out of Session Dunham & Woolley 9. Utilizing Genograms to Explore Attachment Histories Sori Part III: Special Topics 10. Being White and Entering a Black World Dermer 11. Making the Invisible, Visible: African American Clinicians Working with African American Clients Helms 12. Gender and Sexuality Cook 13. Intercultural Couples Dunham 14. Expressing and Accepting Love Helm 15. Giving Grace: The Art of Forgiveness Olund 16. Implications for Training and Supervision Woolley & Dunham