Love, Intimacy, and the African American Couple

"This book left me alarmed, inspired, challenged, and informed in a way that few clinical books have impacted me. I recommend it highly." - William J. Doherty, PhD, Professor and Director, Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project, University of Minnesota; Author, Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart "Insightful, culturally-competent, and long overdue! This book will be the definitive resource for clinicians treating African American couples." - Kevin Cokley, PhD, Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology, African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Black Psychology "This text is an intellectual manual for how to successfully negotiate challenging terrain in ways that achieve healing outcomes. The insights are penetrating, the strategies are illuminating, and the intellectual horsepower that contributed to this volume is impressive." - Thomas A. Parham, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Adjunct Faculty, University of California Irvine "Love, Intimacy, and the African American Couple would be an excellent supplementary text for college-level couples therapy courses. It would also be an important addition to the professional libraries and resources of clinicians serving African American intimate partners. The valuable information shared by the contributing authors and professional interviewees could significantly improve the engagement and retention of African American individuals and couples who are receiving clinical services and could greatly enhance the cultural competence of clinical practitioners." -Ella M. Duncan, PsycCRITIQUES