Multicultural issues in counseling : new approaches to diversity

Summary: "This widely adopted, seminal text builds on the strengths of previous editions and offers sound direction from leading experts for multicultural practice with diverse client groups in a variety of settings. Fully updated and inclusive of feedback from educators and practitioners, this edition goes to the core of what constitutes culturally competent counseling and interventions with the following groups: African Americans, Latinos/as, Asian and Pacific Islanders, American Indians, Arab Americans, Multiracial individuals and families, Women and men, LGBQT clients, People with disabilities, Deaf populations, Older people, Economically disadvantaged clients, Military personnel. Case studies and innovative counseling techniques throughout the text emphasize the development of a productive working alliance between counselors and their clients, personal awareness and skill building, and practical application. Chapters on framing ethical issues in a multicultural context and increasing global literacy conclude the book."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781556203138
ISBN: 1556203136
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 327 pages ; 26 cm
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Alexandria, VA : American Counseling Association, ©2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- A conceptual framework for counseling across cultures / Courtland C. Lee and Denise Park -- The cross-cultural encounter : meeting the challenge of culturally competent counseling / Courtland C. Lee -- Direction for culturally competent counseling : the experience of ethnic groups of color -- The spectrum of counseling american indians / Tarrell Awe Agahe Portman -- Counseling people of the african diaspora in the united states / Courtland C. Lee and Kimberly N. Frazier -- Counseling asian and pacific islander americans / Song E. Lee and Albert Valencia -- A conceptual approach to counseling with latina/o culture in mind / Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado and Jessica M. Diaz -- Counseling arab americans / Saara Amri, Sylvia Nassar-McMillan, Sandra Amen-Bryan and Mary Misenhimer -- The experience of multiracial individuals -- Counseling members of the multiracial population / Kelley R. Kenney and Mark E. Kenney -- The experience of gender and age -- Issues in counseling men / Shawn L. Spurgeon -- Issues in counseling women / Kathy M. Evans -- Combating ageism : advocacy for older persons / Jane E. Myers and Laura Shannonhouse -- The sexual minority experience -- Counseling gay men / A. Michael Hutchins -- Counseling lesbian, bisexual, queer, questioning and transgender women / Anneliese A. Singh and Kirstyn Yuk Sim Chun -- The experience of people with disabilities -- Counseling individuals with physical, cognitive, and psychiatric disabilities / Julie F. Smart -- The experience of deaf culture -- Multicultural deaf children and their hearing families : working with a constellation of diversities / Cheryl L. Wu and Nancy C. Grant -- The experience of socioeconomic disadvantage -- Counseling and the culture of economic disadvantage / William M. Liu and Sherry Watt -- The military experience -- Counseling military clients : multicultural competence, challenges and opportunities / Marvin Westwood, David Kuhl and Duncan Shields -- The counselor as human being: professional and personal issues in counseling across cultures -- Ethical issues in multicultural counseling / Beth A. Durodoye -- Global literacy: the foundation of culturally competent counseling / Courtland C. Lee.