Edited by Krishna L. Guadalupe and Debra L. Welkley
The idea of family is not easily defined and is in a constant state of change. In order to create a more manageable environment for human service practitioners, Diversity in Family Constellations presents family groups and arrangements as multidimensional, nonstatic, living entities that are in a
constant process of being and becoming.
This book introduces a series of guidelines, conventional and unconventional, that human service practitioners can use to explore the complexities of family dynamics regarding assessment and intervention. The authors provide readers with
opportunities to apply these guidelines within the context of diverse family constellations, including the nuclear family, the single-parent family, the multigenerational family, foster or institutional families, lesbian and gay families, and blended families.
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I The Family Within the Context of Multidimensionality and Contextualization
1. Creation of a Baseline, Krishna L. Guadalupe and Debra L. Welkley
2. Shifts in Family Paradigms, Krishna L. Guadalupe and Debra L.
Welkley
3. The Family in Constant Transition and Transaction, Krishna L. Guadalupe and Debra L. Welkley
4. An Eclectic Approach: The Power of Inclusiveness, Krishna L. Guadalupe and Debra L. Welkley
Part II A Closer Look at Diverse Family Constellations
5. Language, Law, and the
Supremacy of the Opposite-Sex Family Ideal, Myles Montgomery
6. The Multigenerational Family Constellation, Dale Russell and Debra L. Welkley
7. Single-Parent Family Constellations, J. Ann Moylan
8. Lesbian and Gay Families (Gamilies), Jan Osborne
9. Residential and Foster Care
Family Constellations, Debra L. Welkley
10. Blended Family and Multipartner Family Constellations, Errol Bolden and Shirley Newton-Guest
Part III Final Reflections
11. The Family: Considering Further Possibilities, Krishna L. Guadalupe and Debra L. Welkley
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Krishna L. Guadalupe (MSW, Rutgers University; PhD, University of South Carolina; certificates/licenses in diverse traditional and nontraditional wellness modalities) is a professor of social work at California State University, Sacramento. He has more than twenty years of direct experience in
the field of human services and continues to practice independently, integrating a variety of wellness approaches with individuals, groups, and families. Guadalupe travels nationally and internationally conducting seminars and workshops in the area of human diversity and wellness, family practice,
conflict management, group dynamics, and grief and loss. He also works as a consultant, conducting program assessment and writing grants for diverse human services organizations
Debra L. Welkley (MA, Baylor University) has taught for twenty years in community colleges and four-year
colleges and universities and currently is a lecturer at California State University, Sacramento, in the Department of Sociology. She also teaches courses at Cosumnes River College and American River College. She has more than twenty years of experience working with children and families through
direct service and practice, as well as experience as a program and agency director.
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