Culturally Diverse Mental Health addresses the challenge of counselling diverse populations including multiracial, homosexual, geriatric, and disabled individuals.

Research in metaphor has been dominated by Aristotelian questions of processes in metaphor understanding. Although this areas is important, it leaves unasked Platonic questions of how structures of the mind affect such processes. Moreover, this book argues that there has been relatively little work on how metaphors affect human behaviour. This work is dedicated to an empirical examination of how metaphors affect human behaviour and understanding. It is divided into four sections including metaphor and pragmatics, clinical uses of metaphor, metaphor and politics, and other applications of...

Heightened interest in multicultural issues in psychology and an understanding of culture as a critical aspect of human behaviour has moved the topic of multiculturalism into the forefront of research and to required coursework in the helping professions. However, this is not without the backlash of resistance. This text examines the subtle forms of racism and resistance to the multicultural movement in psychology and society. The authors use their vast experience in the arena of multiculturalism, both from the perspective of teaching and administration, to detail accounts, experiences and...