Culture and Identity

2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4129-8668-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 510 g

Culture and Identity: Life Stories for Counselors and Therapists, Second Edition combines rich and powerful real life autobiographies with sound theoretical formulations that explore race, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, as well as, in this edition, sexual orientation and disability.

Ideal for multicultural counseling courses with a diversity element, this text's engaging stories allow readers to understand the significance and influence of culture on identity development, sense of self, family relationships, interpersonal relationships, and life choices. As the storytellers reveal their real life struggles, readers will develop a greater understanding of intra-group differences, increase their repertoire of clinical skills, and sharpen their multicultural competency.

New and Proven Features:

- Full of interesting, easy to read true-life stories, centered on various cultural dimensions, that prepare students for real clinical situations

- Includes theoretical content descriptions, closely connected to the stories they follow, with a comprehensive and varied array of themes that current and future clinicians are likely to encounter in their own clients' histories

- Provides a clinical applications section in each chapter, with clear, varied, and specific assessment questions and interventions that readers can apply to clients

- Offers a valuable, rarely seen countertransference section that describes possible personal reactions clinicians may experience when working with clients, thus enhancing clinical effectiveness

- Contains a useful toolbox of activities for each chapter, with discussion questions, research projects, and book and video resources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Anita Jones

Schwarzbaum, Sara E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Self In Context
SECTION I: RACE/ETHNICITY
2. Julie's Story
3. Butch's Story
4. Betsie's Story
5. Maribel's Story
SECTION II: IMMIGRATION
6. Vu's Story
7. Esteban's Story
8. Maria Luz's Story
9. Teresa's Story
SECTION III: RELIGION
10. Frank's Story
11. Bob's Story
12. Katie's Story
SECTION IV: Social Class
13. Carla's Story
14. Anthony's Story
SECTION V: SEXUAL ORIENTATION
15. Karen's Story
SECTION VI: DISABILITY
16. David's Story
Appendix A: Author Guidelines
Appendix B: Multicultural Genogram
References
Index
About the Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas, Anita Jones
Anita Jones Thomas, PhD, is a counseling psychologist with specializations in multicultural counseling and family therapy, and is currently an Dean and Professor of the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Indianapolis. She received a bachelor’s degree in human development and social policy from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in community counseling from Loyola University Chicago. Her doctorate in counseling psychology was received from Loyola University Chicago. Her research interests include critical consciousness, and racial identity, racial socialization, and parenting issues for African Americans. She has also conducted training seminars and workshops on multicultural issues for state and national professional organizations in counseling and psychology, hospitals, and corporations and has served as a consultant for human service organizations. Dr. Thomas has served and chaired the Committee on Children, Youth, and Families of the American Psychological Association, and the Task Force on Resilience and Strength and Black Children and Adolescents, and is on the board for the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice.

Schwarzbaum, Sara E.
Sara Schwarzbaum, EdD, LMFT, LCPC, is a retired Professor in the department of Counselor Education and a coordinator of the Master’s in Couple and Family Counseling Program at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She is also the founder of Couples Counseling Associates in Chicago. She has a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Buenos Aires, Argentina and doctoral degree in counseling with an emphasis in family therapy from Northern Illinois University. She has written articles that have appeared in the Psychotherapy Networker, Counseling Today and other publications. She is a consultant, trainer, and presenter at state and national conferences where she frequently conducts workshops on clinical issues with Latino clients, the multicultural competency of clinicians, psychotherapy with immigrants and families, and marriage counseling.