Mixed Blessings: A Guide to Multicultural and Multiethnic Relationships - Softcover

Rhoda Berlin; Harriet Cannon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989522903 ISBN 13: 9780989522908

Publisher: Mixed Blessings LLC, 2013

Synopsis

What does it mean to have a foot in multiple cultures? Were you and your partner both born in the US? Are you from different regions of the same country? Are you from different social classes, or do you follow different spiritual practices? Did you and your partner grow up speaking different languages at home? Do people look longer at you and your partner trying to figure out why you’re together? There are both upsides and challenges to the multicultural life. Through twelve couples’ stories, Mixed Blessings gives readers new ideas and tips on how to make multicultural relationships work.

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About the Author

Not everyone needs therapy, but we all love a good book. Rhoda Berlin and Harriet Cannon are writers and licensed marriage and family therapists with over 50 years combined professional experience specializing in multicultural work. They were looking for resources to help multicultural couples, couldn't find any good ones, so they wrote one themselves. Harriet Cannon, MC, LMFT, LMHC received her master's degree in 1985. Ms. Cannon lived and worked as a clinician and cross-cultural trainer in South America for many years gaining rich, personal experiences and navigating marital and family issues while raising children in a different culture. Rhoda Berlin, MS, LMFT received her master's degree in 1987. She specializes in working with interracial adoptees, multiethnic young adults, couples and families. Rhoda is a second generation Korean-American who lived and studied in Europe, and has raised three children in a multicultural, multiethnic family.

Reviews

Is love really all you need? This book mines the complexity of romantic relationships that are a union of cultures as well as individuals, offering guidance and applied examples.

... The authors argue that many of us aren’t aware of how our cultural responses may differ from those of our loved ones, inspiring aha moments from readers who may not even think of their primary relationship as a multicultural one. ...their concepts ring true..., giving readers much to think about and apply to their own real-world experiences.

Required reading for anyone who counsels or is part of a multicultural relationship.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mixed Blessings LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0989522903
• ISBN 13: 9780989522908
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210