Psychological Interventions from Six Continents: Culture, Collaboration, and Community

ISBN-13: 9780367643478 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 304 str.

Barbara L. Mercer; Heather MacDonald; Caroline Purves

Opis

This book presents psychological assessment and intervention in a cultural and relational context.

Recenzje

Be prepared to be challenged and inspired on this around-the-world trip through the development, adaptation, and application of culturally relevant, community oriented, and truly collaborative therapeutic interventions. This journey offers an immersion into the wide array of cultural values, beliefs, and ways of knowing around the globe that inform what diverse clients need and what psychologists must understand to help people and communities heal from trauma and loss and find well-being. Don't miss the chance to "Sing with the Lions" and take "Flight with the Eagles".

Deborah Tharinger, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin; Founding Member of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute; a co-author of Therapeutic Assessment with Children: Enhancing Parental Empathy through Psychological Assessment, 2022.

Truly a very interesting and fascinating work that represents a relevant contribution for those who care about collaborative/therapeutic assessment. Ranging from one continent to another, addressing the most diverse and disparate issues, this work offers a 360-degree view of the fundamental role socio-cultural aspects of belonging play in psychological intervention-- including the environmental context and the original culture. Moved by the desire to deepen their knowledge of different cultures, Mercer, Purves and Macdonald have enriched their personal contributions with those of over 20 authors who live and work in various countries. The result is a colorful kaleidoscope of collaborative/ therapeutic assessment all around the world.

Alessandro Crisi, Psy.D., Italian Institute of Wartegg, Rome, Italy

From Zimbabwe, India, and Japan to other places around the globe, this engaging volume provides moving accounts of collaborative, culturally respectful mental health interventions tailored to the communities they are designed to help. Multiple chapters illustrate how Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment (C/TA) can be adapted to different cultures, and anyone practicing C/TA will want to own this book.

Stephen E. Finn, Ph.D. President, Therapeutic Assessment Institute.