* Fits COAMFT, COACRE, and CSWE requirements for social and cultural diversity
* Addresses a cutting-edge question that spans across theory, training, and clinical practice: "How can practitioners integrate awareness of societal systems across models into their everyday work with individuals, couples and families?"
* Applies a sociocultural perspective to a variety of evidence-based and historically effective practice models to address a plethora of emotional, psychological, and relational problems.
* Bridges theory and practice
* Authors are the leaders in the field of socioculturally attuned family therapy
* New edition integrates current trends as well as cultural and societal change, such as the BLM movement, LGBTQ issues, and the Trump presidency.
* Includes more diverse voices that describe the creative application of this framework in practice. This is presented using key text boxes throughout the text.
* New edition includes how the authors have moved their thinking forward with regards to the framework, such as third-order thinking as a paradigm shift in the field of family therapy, ethics as infused in everyday practice from a third-order perspective, and the limits and applicability of Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy as a transtheoretical, transnational approach.
* Includes reflective questions at the end of each chapter.
* Includes a new chapter on socio-emotional relational therapy and how this relates to SCARFT

Applies a sociocultural perspective to a variety of evidence-based and historically effective practice models to address a plethora of emotional, psychological and relational problems.
Bridges theory and practice
Authors are the leaders in the field of socioculturally attuned family therapy