Compassionate Love in Intimate Relationships: The Integration Process of Sexual Mass Trauma, Racism, and Resilience

by Josiane Apollon

Book Overview

Drawing on interviews conducted with Black couples in the United States, this book explores relational resilience and identifies unique adaptation strategies that enable couples to overcome the multigenerational effects of violence and sexual mass trauma from slavery and activates compassionate love in flourishing relationships.

By applying Appreciative Inquiry (AI) methodology and family systems theory, the book captures the spiritual,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367725061
• ISBN13: 9780367725068
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"