Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Editor’s Note ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. A Family-Centered Empowerment Framework
7. 1. Empowerment Then and Now 19
8. 2. Seeing Families Through an Empowerment Lens 56
9. Part II. Three Family Profiles: The Journey from Oppression to Empowerment
10. 3. The Laurencio-Smith Family: Our Differences Saved Us 93
11. 4. The Williams Family: New Lives Beyond Incest 121
12. 5. The Brown-Wiley Family: Homeless No More 151
13. Part III. Helping Families
14. 6. The Phases and Actions of Empowering Practice 181
15. Part IV. A Closer Look at Families WITH Their Communities
16. 7. Empowering Families with Community Resources 225
17. 8. Supporting Theories that Empower Social Worker–Family Transactions 258
18. Appendix A. Cross-Cultural Counseling Competencies: A Conceptual Framework 287
19. Appendix B. The Family Power Analysis 291
20. References 297
21. Index 315