Stranger in the Family

By Vincenzo Di Nicola

Drawing together emerging trends in therapy and the human sciences, the author offers an understanding of the situated nature of human problems and a way of changing the family's culture and idioms into a common language.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393702286
• ISBN13: 9780393702286
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

This book will be a must read for family therapists!

Dr.Di Nicola's book was a good read. I thought it was well written, and I know that he has put a lot of effort into this book. Anyways well done dad!!!

A new landmark in family therapy

DiNicola's "A Stranger in the Family" is a rare combination of science and enchantment, of hard research and compelling narrative, of clinical acumen and cultural insights. This new landmark in the field of family therapy is a true magnum opus. --Armando R. Favazza, M.D., M.P.H. Author, "Bodies Under Siege: Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry"

Bold, original, and incisive.

Bold, original, and incisive, A Stranger in the Family pushes the boundaries of cultural perspectives for family work in postmodern times. Intellectually, DiNicola offers useful, fresh concepts and creative tools to descipher the complex relationship of culture and families. But he also reaches deeper and further, capturing the reader's emotions and imagination about the rich, creative encounters that are possible between therapists and clients of diverse cultures. --Celia Jaes Falicov, Ph.D., Editor, Cultural Perspectives in Family Therap