Sociocultural Trauma and Well-Being in Eastern European Family Therapy

Tatiana Glebova, Ph.D., LMFT, is professor of Couple and Family Therapy Program at Alliant International University, Sacramento CA, USA. She has published more than 30 articles and book chapters and has made numerous professional presentations at national and international conferences on various topics, including family therapy process, family relationships, international family therapy, contextual therapy, and clinical work with immigrant families. Along with her academic work, she is a practicing family therapist working with immigrant families.

Carmen Knudson-Martin, Ph.D., LMFT, is professor emerita of Marital, Couple, and Family Therapy Program at Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR, USA. She has published more than 100 articles and book chapters on the influence of the larger sociocultural context in couple and family relationships and the political and ethical implications of therapist actions on relational development in clinical practice. She is the developer of Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy, which addresses the microprocesses by which societal power processes play out in couple and family relationships. Dr. Knudson-Martin is editor/author of three books: Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy–Bridging Emotion, Societal Context, and Couple Interaction; Couples, Gender, and Power–Creating Change in Intimate Relationships; and Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Guidelines for Equitable Theory and Practice. She was the 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice award from the American Academy of Family Therapy.