Psychotherapy with African American women : innovations in psychodynamic perspectives and practice / edited by Leslie C. Jackson, Beverly Greene.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The new multiculturalism and psythodynamic theory: psychodynamic psychotherapy and African American women / Leslie C. Jackson -- The interweaving of cultural and intrapsychic issues in the therapeutic relationship / Kumea Shorter-Gooden and Leslie C. Jackson -- Individual and group psychotherapy with African American women: understanding the identity and context of the therapist and patient / Joan M. Adams -- The Stone Center theoretical approach revisited: applications for African American women / Yvonne M. Jenkins -- African American lesbians and bisexual women in feminist-psychodynamic psychotherapies: surviving and thriving between a rock and a hard place / Beverly Greene -- The courage to hear: African American women's memories of racial trauma / Jessica Henderson Daniel -- The African American supervisor: racial transference and countertransference in interracial psychotherapy supervision / Michele Owens-Patterson -- Hair texture, length, and style as a metaphor in the African American mother-daughter relationship: considerations in psychodynamic psychotherapy / Beverly Greene, Judith C. White, and Lisa Whitten -- Finding the lost part: identity and the black/white biracial client / Kumea Shorter-Gooden -- Psychoanalytic group psychotherapy with African American women: the bad mother in all-female groups / Judith C. White -- The icon of the strong black woman: the paradox of strength / Regina E. Romero -- African American women and moral masochism: when there is too much of a good thing / Cheryl L. Thompson -- Feminist and psychodynamic psychotherapy with African American women: some differences / Frances K. Trotman -- African American and American Jew: a tale of two women searching for home / Cheryl L. Thompson.

"Focusing on the breadth of issues that affect psychotherapy with African American women, this unique volume is designed to help clinicians develop a broader understanding of what is useful and what is problematic when applying psychodynamic concepts to their clients. From an array of seasoned clinicians, chapters present innovative and creative reformulations of theory and technique that build upon and challenge existing models. Issues addressed include the psychological dilemmas confronting diverse African American women as they negotiate a society that is hostile to them on multiple levels; how ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation and other differences come into play within the therapeutic dyad; and approaches to unraveling the complex interplay of sociopolitical, intrapsychic, and interpersonal concerns in treatment. Filled with illustrative clinical material and pointers for practice, the volume will enhance the cultural competence of mental heath practitioners and students across a range of disciplines."--Publisher description.

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