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Book Review: IV. Ministry Studies: Counseling Families

tionship between mothers and daughters). Each of the authors then provides a case study of a family with issues relevant to the essay's topic and exemplifying their own feminist practice approaches. The family relationships examined include mothers and daughters; fathers and daughters; mother and sons; couples; divorced or divorcing spouses; singleparent, female-headed households; and remarried families. A final section of the book takes the same approach in presenting the authors' work with single women. The authors are master social workers, and their creativity and skill are evident throughout this volume. The development of a common feminist perspective by clinicians from differing practice approaches is a major contribution to generative interaction between schools of thought in family therapy. The authors are sensitive to the constraints experienced by men as well as by women in a patriarchal society. In contrast with the fears which some have that feminism destroys families, they illustrate that a feminist approach to intervention in family crises actually strengthens the communication, intimacy, and commitment between husbands and wives and between parents and their children. This book will be considered a major milestone in clinical practice with families. The authors are not only thoughtful and creative, but their case material is engaging, at times quite humorous, and certainly inspiring and a source of new practice approaches for both novice and experienced family professionals.