Brief Psychotherapy with the Latino Immigrant Client

ISBN-13: 9780789010896 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 206 str.

Marlene Dobkin de Rios; Marlene D. De Rios

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Brief Psychotherapy with the Latino Immigrant Client is a manual for the practicing psychotherapist or student, with tips on the assessment process and suggested interventions that work efficiently. This valuable book examines which kinds of therapy work for the growing Latino immigrant population and looks at behavior modification, cognitive restructuring techniques, applications of hypnosis, and metaphors (dichos) that can be used to help in brief interventions for clinical issues. You'll also find a glossary of Spanish terms, appendices on hypnotic pain control inductions, sample tests, scales and diagrams, several case studies, and listings of Spanish language resources. Every therapist who treats Latino immigrants should own this book!

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Contents

• Chapter 1. An Anthropologist Becomes a Psychotherapists: Lessons from Shamanistic Healing
• Medical Anthropology Concepts
• The Biology of Hope
• Chapter 2. Sociocultural and Psychological Assessment of the Latino Immigrant Managed Care Patient
• Acculturative Stress
• Socioeconomic Status of the Latino Client
• Migration and Mental Health
• Communication Style
• Ethnic Identity and Value Orientation
• Gender Issues
• Cultural Mores
• Health Beliefs and Practices
• Chapter 3. What Techniques Work for the Spanish-Speaking Client?
• The Social Status of the Therapist
• Gender of the Psychotherapist
• Chapter 4. Metaphor and Misery: Does Everyone Think the Same Way?
• Cognitive Development and Schooling
• Metaphors: Some Examples
• Chapter 5. The Typical Course of Therapy with the Spanish-Speaking, Time-Limited Patient
• Chapter 6. Clinical Issues
• Pain Control and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Marital Problems Among Immigrants
• Attention Deficit Disorders with Hyperactivity
• Anxiety and Depression
• Anger Management
• Panic Disorders
• Sexual Dysfunction
• Psychopharmacology and the Spanish-Speaking Patient
• Rebellious Teens
• AIDS
• Chapter 7. Alcohol, Tuberculosis, and the Spanish-Speaking Immigrant
• Useful Intervention Techniques for the Latino Alcohol Patient
• The Tuberculosis Patient
• Chapter 8. Maria, the Murderer, and the Misogynist
• The Case
• The Therapy Process: The Client
• The Therapy Process: The Therapist
• Chapter 9. The Non-Latino Psychotherapist and the Spanish-Speaking Patient
• Using Interpreters
• Appendix A: Hypnotic Inductions in English and Spanish
• Suggestions and Metaphors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Pain Control (English Translation)
• Spanish Translation
• Appendix B: Tests, Scales, and Resources Available in Spanish
• Parenting Education
• Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder Resources
• Book Resources
• Daily Duties
• Assertiveness Training
• Rational-Emotive Therapy Test of Irrational Thinking
• Glossary
• References
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Dobkin de Rios Marlene