This practical guide for developing and using culture-centered counseling and interviewing skills is by well-known authorities on the subject. This guide examines culturally learned assumptions that all of us employ in managing and interacting with others and uses models of synthetic cultures for students, teachers, professional counselors, and interviewers in raising questions, interpreting, focusing on and mediating in multicultural situations.
This practical guide for developing and using culture-centered counseling and interviewing skills is by well-known authorities on the subject. This...
There are more than 26 million refugees in the world, and the population is expected to grow. However, there is minimal training or understanding in the mental health and social services fields that provides the awareness, knowledge, and skills to effectively work with refugees. Subsequently, this volume is intended to provide a comprehensive understanding of refugee psychosocial adjustment that incorporates cross-cultural perspectives.
The text provides an all-inclusive overview of refugee acculturation and adaptation, a model of intervention to assist refugees in the process of...
There are more than 26 million refugees in the world, and the population is expected to grow. However, there is minimal training or understanding i...
This volume presents ways of thinking dramatically different from mainstream psychology, which is seen by many as primarily a product of Western civilization. Asian social psychologists in this edited collection apply Asian perspectives to issues of major concern in their societies, including parental beliefs about shame and moral socialization in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States; achievement motivation in Taiwan and the United States; and the effects of school violence on the psychological adjustment of Korean adolescents. Other chapters examine the role of social psychologists in...
This volume presents ways of thinking dramatically different from mainstream psychology, which is seen by many as primarily a product of Western ci...
Cultivating sensitivity to ethnographic, demographic, status and affiliation differences between people, this practical and creative resource provides a workbook approach to learning interviewing skills. Numerous activities and exercises are provided to help the interviewer understand the cultural context of decisional interviewing. Case studies are also included to illustrate the types of multicultural situations an interviewer might experience. The book will guide readers toward more accurate interview assessments and appropriate interventions.
Cultivating sensitivity to ethnographic, demographic, status and affiliation differences between people, this practical and creative resource provides...
Counseling Latinos and la familia provides an integrated approach to understanding Latino families and increasing competency for counselors and other mental health professional who work with Latinos and their families. It provides essential background information about the Latino population and the family unit, which is so central to Latino culture, including the diversity of various Spanish-speaking groups, socio-political issues, and changing family forms. The book also includes practical counseling strategies, focusing on the multicultural competencies approach.
Counseling Latinos and la familia provides an integrated approach to understanding Latino families and increasing competency for coun...
The Second Edition of Preventing Prejudice: A Guide for Counselors, Educators, and Parents has been completely revised and expanded to provide the most up-to-date and extensive coverage of prejudice and racism available. The new edition of this bestselling text presents a comprehensive overview of these topics and also includes practical tools for combating prejudice development in children, adolescents, and adults.
The Second Edition of Preventing Prejudice: A Guide for Counselors, Educators, and Parents has been completely revised and expanded to provide the mos...
As an Arab who learned Western psychology, Dwairy has firsthand experience with the dilemmas involved in adapting Western psychotherapy to the needs of Arab and Muslim clients. Drawing from his 25 years of clinical and educational experience, this original volume will help to deepen knowledge and avoid stereotyping among counselors, therapists, social workers, and other mental health professionals.
As an Arab who learned Western psychology, Dwairy has firsthand experience with the dilemmas involved in adapting Western psychotherapy to the needs o...
In our present planetary crisis, communication across cultural lines has become vitally important. This volume on cross-cultural counseling is enormously valuable in contributing to that goal. It is broadly conceived, giving many individual perspectives on counseling with different ethnic groups; the methods available; the research which helps to clarify our understanding; and the status of education and training for cross-cultural work. It will help stretch the counselor's mind and heart. It will help to avoid the cultural encapsulation of the counselor. The editor and the many...
In our present planetary crisis, communication across cultural lines has become vitally important. This volume on cross-cultural counseling is enor...
