Diversity and Social Justice Issues in Family Therapy Literature: A Decade Review

From Knowing to Doing: Guidelines for Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy

“…Family therapists know that individuals and families are intricately connected to larger sociopolitical contexts (e.g., Auerswald, ; Falicov, ; Keeney, ; McGoldrick & Hardy, ; Waldegrave, ). Appeals to expand systemic thinking beyond the family are not new (Hair, Fine, & Ryan, ; Imber‐Black, ; MacKinnon & Miller, ), and there has been increased attention to diversity and social justice issues in the family therapy literature (Kosutic & McDowell, ; Seedall, Holtrop, & Parra‐Cardona, ). Yet despite knowledge that the larger context is important and directly linked to the concerns for which clients seek our help, there are few guidelines for how our clinical interventions can responsibly address them, especially while applying core family therapy concepts and models.…”

An Exploration of Feminist Family Therapists' Resistance to and Collusion with Oppression

“…Recent studies reveal that feminist inquiry in family therapy is on the decline (Almeida & Hernandez, 2001;Kosutic & McDowell, 2008). In a decade review Kosutic and McDowell (2008) noted a significant increase in articles focusing on social justice and equity, and a decrease in articles about gender between 1995 and 2005.…”

“…Similarly, One postulation about the decline in feminist inquiry is that feminist studies are being replaced by hot topics such as multiculturalism (Kosutic & McDowell, 2008). Trends in feminist family therapy training and research may reflect the prevailing cultural attitude that feminism has been well-studied and gender equality has been achieved .…”

“…In a decade review Kosutic and McDowell (2008) noted a significant increase in articles focusing on social justice and equity, and a decrease in articles about gender between 1995 and 2005. Goodrich and Silverstein (2005) found a similar trend in the diminished attention to issues of gender at national conferences over the past 15 years, noting that at both the American Family Therapy Academy and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy conferences, conversations on gender were on the decline while multiculturalism was increasing.…”

Trends in Youth Development Research Topics: An Integrative Review of Positive Youth Development Research Published in Selected Journals Between 2001-2010

“…Precedence has been set with various disciplines conducting decade reviews. For example, decade reviews have been conducted on the research literature in related disciplines such as family studies (Bogenschneider & Corebett, 2010;Kosutic & McDowell, 2008;D'Onofrio & Lahey, 2010), and healthcare (Chesla & Rungreangkulkij, 2001). In addition, the Journal of Research on Adolescence has recently published a special issue featuring a series of decade reviews covering a range of youth-related topics (Russell, Card, & Susman, 2011).…”