Christie Eppler, PhD, LMFT is a program director and professor of Seattle University’s Master of Arts in Couples and Family Therapy. She is an American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Approved Supervisor. The focus of her clinical practice, teaching, and research is systemic resilience, justice, and narrative therapy.

• 1. Introduction 2. Empowering Communities Through Systemic Resilience: A Fusion of Liberation Psychology and Adaptive Coping Strategies 3. Intersections of Systemic Resilience and Spirituality in First Nation Narratives 4. Approaching Resilience Through Contextual and Systemic Frameworks 5. Biopsychosocial–Spiritual Resilience Interview: Understanding and Promoting Well-Being in Patients Living With Medical Conditions 6. A Systemic and Whole-Person Framework for Supporting Physician Resilience and Well-Being 7. Systemic Resilience and Abolition: Developing Individual and Communal Capacities to Respond to Harm and Violence 8. Resilience as a Secure Attachment Pattern 9. Cultivating Systemic Resilience of Black Adolescents With Disordered Eating: Targeting Belief Systems as a Mechanism for Change 10. Fostering Systemic Resilience in Foster and Kinship Care 11. Grief and Resilience After the Death of a Dog 12. Beyond Pathology: The Role of Diagnosis in Resilience 13. Beyond Self-Care: Intentional Practices of Resilient Therapists 14. A Personal Reflection on Promoting Resilience in the Systemic Treatment of Addiction 15. CREATE Model of Culturally Attuned, Resilience-Based Supervision

"This valuable clinical guide expands our understanding and ways to cultivate resilience in therapy with clients who face injustice, hardship, and adversity. Chapters center marginalized peoples and their social context, sensitively attuned to their lived experience, beliefs, and aspirations. In our increasingly complex world, this systemic approach attends to the interconnection of individual, relational, family, community, cultural, and spiritual influences in overcoming adversity and flourishing in life. Highly recommended to inform and inspire both beginning and seasoned practitioners!" Froma Walsh, PhD, Professor Emerita, University of Chicago, Co-Founder & Co-Director, Chicago Center for Family Health, Author, Strengthening Family Resilience (3rd Ed.)"Having served as a clinical director for many years, I know my students would enjoy and benefit from this text. The book presents theories of resilience in a manner that is easy to understand and apply in diverse settings." Martha Morgan Gobert, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Global"Dr. Christie Eppler has assembled a diverse and experienced group of authors who have written about the important topic of cultivating systemic resilience in families, relationships, and individuals. As a resilience researcher, I am impressed by the depth and scope of this work and the wide range of populations and identities to which it applies. I found each chapter to be practical, and a resource for all systemic therapists." Adrian Blow, PhD, Professor of Couple and Family Therapy, Michigan State University