In this extended and thoroughly revised edition, theoretical description and intervention guidelines are balanced with case studies and therapy transcripts. A framework is offered for understanding functional and dysfunctional relationships that often occur within families and among therapists, counsellors and professionals working with deaf and hard-of-hearing people. It formulates and implements clinical interventions at the individual, family and larger-than-family levels, including work with individuals who may have been traumatically deafened or have a progressive hearing loss, or be hearing children of deaf parents. It includes an examination of communication and culture, as well as the issues of using an interpreter in the therapeutic process.
Hardcover 176 pages 2003 |