ABSTRACT
Peter Block contributed to the clarification of the basic notions of belonging to a place, establishing networks, and finding health there. Block has emphasized the utility of thinking about landscapes in this structured, architectural fashion. The author found it helpful for the clinician to envisage the home landscape in a bounded architectural space that is semi-permeable. Wilkerson portrayed the impact of poverty and racism on the development of her characters in this significant human drama. Her ethnographic work is a brutal reminder of a period when lynching of blacks in the United States was occurring. In many households, there is no money to purchase art. Many children grow up without seeing original paintings or sculptures in their homes. Some youngsters experienced trauma in foster and adoptive homes. Many families of group members had histories of substance abuse, major mental illness, poverty, divorce, and criminal behavior. Many of the youth had been in out-of-home placements.
