Overview

With an emphasis on direct application to practice, this graduate-level text offers strategies for working with diverse client groups in a variety of settings. Introductory chapters build a foundation for cross-cultural counseling with discussions on current theory, the ongoing pursuit of multicultural competence, and the complexities of intersecting identities. Next, 15 chapters designed to help counselors develop their knowledge about and skills with the following populations are presented: African Americans American Indians Arab Americans Asian and Pacific Islanders Economically disadvantaged clients Immigrants Latinx LGBTQ clients Men Military personnel Multiracial individuals Older adults People with disabilities White people of European descent Women

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Author:   Courtland C. Lee
Publisher:   American Counseling Association
Imprint:   American Counseling Association
Edition:   5th New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
ISBN:  

9781556203695

ISBN 10:   1556203691
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   05 September 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface  Acknowledgments About the Editor About the Contributors Part I: Introduction Chapter 1 Multicultural Competency: A Conceptual Framework for Counseling Across Cultures   Chapter 2 The Cross-Cultural Encounter: Meeting the Challenge of Culturally Competent Counseling  Chapter 3 Intersectionality: Understanding the Complexity of Identity in Counseling Across Cultures  Part II: Direction for Culturally Competent Counseling: The Experience of Race/Ethnicity  Chapter 4 Counseling First Americans   Chapter 5 Counseling People of the African Diaspora in the United States   Chapter 6 Counseling Asian and Pacific Islander Americans   Chapter 7 Counseling Latinx   Chapter 8 Counseling Arab Americans   Chapter 9 Counseling Whites of European Descent The Experience of Multiracial Individuals  Chapter 10 Counseling Members of the Multiracial Population The Experience of Gender and Age  Chapter 11 Issues in Counseling Men   Chapter 12 Issues in Counseling Women  Chapter 13 Issues in Counseling Older Persons  The Sexual Minority Experience  Chapter 14 Affirmative Counseling With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Intersex Clients  The Experience of People With Disabilities  Chapter 15 Counseling Individuals With Physical, Cognitive, and Psychiatric Disabilities   The Experience of Socioeconomic Disadvantage  Chapter 16 Counseling and the Culture of Economic Disadvantage   The Immigration Experience  Chapter 17 Counseling Recent Immigrants  The Military Experience  Chapter 18 Counseling Military Clients: Multicultural Competence, Challenges, and Opportunities  Part III: Professional and Personal Issues in Counseling Across Cultures 000  Chapter 19 Ethical Issues in Multicultural Counseling  Chapter 20 The Culturally Competent Counselor as an Agent of Social Justice 

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Courtland C. Lee, PhD, is the author, editor, or coeditor of five books on multicultural counseling and two books on counseling and social justice. He is also the author of three books on counseling African American males. In addition, he has published numerous book chapters and articles on counseling across cultures. Dr. Lee is the former editor of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. He has also served on the editorial board of the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling and was a senior associate editor of the Journal of Counseling & Development. Dr. Lee is a past-president of the International Association for Counselling. He is also a Fellow and past-president of the American Counseling Association and a past-president of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development. He is also a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the only American to receive this honor. 

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