Combining her extensive knowledge as a clinical psychologist, researcher, and professor with her personal experience as a person with a disability, Rhoda Olkin offers an insider perspective that is often overlooked in the training of therapists. She outlines a clear conceptual framework for understanding disability as a minority experience. She sheds light on psychosocial issues and problems that psychotherapists often face, presenting a range of approaches for addressing disability issues in the therapy of adults, children, and families. These issues include the therapeutic protocol with clients with disabilities; specific assessment, evaluation, and diagnostic issues; the impact of disability on sexuality and parenthood; and much more.

In simple terms, this is the best psychotherapy book I have read in years. It is not only an informative guide for treating clients with disabilities, but also an eloquent reminder of what systemically inspired therapy can truly achieve in its most creative form.