eBook Description
Title: Culturally Diverse Counseling: Theory and Practice (1st Edition)
Author: Elsie Jones-Smith
ISBN: 978-1483388267
Description :
Culturally Diverse Counseling: Theory and Practice by Elsie Jones-Smith is a comprehensive guide for counselors focused on a strengths-based approach to culturally sensitive therapy. This first edition aligns with the 2017 APA multicultural guidelines, emphasizing a strengths-focused framework that highlights the positive attributes of each client. The book prepares students and professionals to integrate these strengths, along with essential cultural considerations, into client assessments and treatments. It provides insight into working with a broad spectrum of client groups—including older adults, immigrants and refugees, clients with disabilities, and multiracial clients—across diverse cultural backgrounds.
This text combines theory with practice through guidelines, self-reflective exercises, and case studies designed to help practitioners manage biases. A notable feature is the final chapter, which delves into social class, social justice, intersectionality, and privilege, underscoring the complex influences on client experiences and counseling effectiveness.
Table of Contents
:
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
Chapters:
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy: The Journey
- Cultural Meaning Systems, Cultural Trust, and Cultural Humility
- Neuroscience, Multiple Cultural Identities, and Cultural Strengths
- Strengths-Based Development, Culture, and Clinical Practice
- The Strengths-Based Therapy Model and Culturally Responsive Counseling
- Culturally Responsive Assessment and the Cultural Formulation Interview
- Culturally Responsive Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning
Client-Specific Approaches:
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for African Americans
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Hispanic and Latino/a Americans
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Arab and Muslim Americans
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for White Americans of European Ancestry
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Women
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for LGBTQ Individuals
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Individuals With Disabilities
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Older Adults
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Immigrants and Refugees
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Multiracial People
Final Chapter:
- Social Class, Social Justice, Intersectionality, and Privilege
eBook Description
Title: Culturally Diverse Counseling: Theory and Practice (1st Edition)
Author: Elsie Jones-Smith
ISBN: 978-1483388267
Description :
Culturally Diverse Counseling: Theory and Practice by Elsie Jones-Smith is a comprehensive guide for counselors focused on a strengths-based approach to culturally sensitive therapy. This first edition aligns with the 2017 APA multicultural guidelines, emphasizing a strengths-focused framework that highlights the positive attributes of each client. The book prepares students and professionals to integrate these strengths, along with essential cultural considerations, into client assessments and treatments. It provides insight into working with a broad spectrum of client groups—including older adults, immigrants and refugees, clients with disabilities, and multiracial clients—across diverse cultural backgrounds.
This text combines theory with practice through guidelines, self-reflective exercises, and case studies designed to help practitioners manage biases. A notable feature is the final chapter, which delves into social class, social justice, intersectionality, and privilege, underscoring the complex influences on client experiences and counseling effectiveness.
Table of Contents
:
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
Chapters:
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy: The Journey
- Cultural Meaning Systems, Cultural Trust, and Cultural Humility
- Neuroscience, Multiple Cultural Identities, and Cultural Strengths
- Strengths-Based Development, Culture, and Clinical Practice
- The Strengths-Based Therapy Model and Culturally Responsive Counseling
- Culturally Responsive Assessment and the Cultural Formulation Interview
- Culturally Responsive Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning
Client-Specific Approaches:
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for African Americans
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Hispanic and Latino/a Americans
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Arab and Muslim Americans
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for White Americans of European Ancestry
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Women
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for LGBTQ Individuals
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Individuals With Disabilities
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Older Adults
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Immigrants and Refugees
- Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Multiracial People
Final Chapter:
- Social Class, Social Justice, Intersectionality, and Privilege
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