In this authoritative new text, leading authors address culture and counseling as related to theoretical models,
American ethnicities, spirituality, immigrants, intercultural families, gender, sexual orientation, diagnosis and
interventions, supervision, and ethics.
Features
- Discusses diversity in terms of cultures, special clientele groups, and client problems such as culture, ethnicity,
age, gender, and sexual orientation (Chs. 4-12 and Ch. 16, "Counseling Cases" ).
- Presents theories and models by leading multicultural authorities in the field (Chs. 1-3 and Chs. 13-15).
- Includes chapters on major American ethnic minorities plus a chapter on European-Americans (Whites) (Chs. 4-8).
- Focuses on cross-cultural counseling from an international viewpoint, giving students comprehensive knowledge
and understanding of international counseling and diverse global cultures as related to immigrants, international
students, spirituality and wordview, and the international, historical movement in counseling (Chs. 9-12).
- Examples of counseling problems involving cultural factors are provided via inclusion of diverse counseling
cases that include ethnic minorities, children, sexual orientation, family, and alcohol/drugs (Ch. 16).
- Provides information on preventive counseling and the use of technology in counseling (Chs. 18-21).
Preface.
About the Contributors.
Page.
Table of Contents.
Introduction, Frederick D. Harper and John McFadden.
PART I. CULTURAL VIEWPOINTS OF COUNSELING.
1. Background: Concepts and History, Frederick D. Harper.
2. On Becoming an Existential Cross-cultural Counselor, Clemmont E. Vontress.
3. Increasing the Cultural Awareness, Knowledge and Skill of Culture-centered Counselors, Paul B. Pedersen.
4. Transcultural Counseling Theory Development through the Liberal Arts, John McFadden.
PART II. ETHNICITY AND COUNSELING.
5. American Indian Mental Health: An Examination of Resiliency in the Face of Overwhelming Odds, Susan Chavez
Cameron and Imani Turtle-Song.
6. Therapeutic Approaches with African-American Populations, Thomas Parham and Sherlon Brown
7. Counseling Approaches with Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans, Daya Sandhu, S. Alvin Leung, and
Mei Tang.
8. Counseling Paradigms and Latina/o Americans: Contemporary Considerations, Patricia Arredondo.
9. Counseling European Americans,Lee J. Richmond.
PART III. INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL DIMENSIONS.
10. The International Counseling Movement, Frederick D. Harper and Nathan Deen.
11. Understanding Immigrants: Acculturation Theory and Research, Gargi Roysircar.
12. Integrating Spirituality in Multicultural Counseling: "A World View",Mary A. Fukuyama.
PART IV. INNOVATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL MODELS AND THEORIES.
13. Existential Worldview Counseling Theory: Inception to Applications, Farah A. Ibrahim.
14. Stylistic Model for Counseling across Cultures, John McFadden.
15. Transcendent Counseling: An Existential, Cognitive-Behavioral Theory, Frederick D. Harper and Winifred O. Stone.
PART V. INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
16. Culture-Specific Counseling Cases.
17. Using Bibliotherapy in Transcultural Counseling, John McFadden and MaryAnne Banich.
18. Preventive Counseling in a Multicultural Society, Charles E. Durant and John McFadden.
19. Breaking Barriers for Multiracial Individuals and Families, Bea Wehrly.
PART VI. SPECIAL TOPICS, ISSUES, AND TRENDS IN CULTURE AND COUNSELING.
20. Cultural Considerations in Counselor Training and Supervision,Don C. Locke and Marie Faubert.
21. Traditional Counseling Theories and Cross-Cultural Implications, Martin J. Jencius and John West.
22. Applications of Technological Advances for Multicultural Counseling Professionals, Martin J. Jencius.
23. Ethical Issues and Multicultural Competence in Counseling, Barbara Herlihy and Zarus E. Watson.
24. Conclusions, Trends, Issues, and Recommendations, Frederick D. Harper and John McFadden.
APPENDICES.
Appendix A. Glossary of Multicultural Counseling Terms.
Appendix B. Annotated Book Titles on Culture and Counseling.
Appendix C. Past Presidents of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development.
Appendix D. AMCD Multicultural Competencies of the Association for MulticulturalCounseling and Development.
Author Index.
Subject Index.