Multicultural Issues in Counseling : New Approaches to Diversity / Edition 5

by Courtland C. Lee (Editor)

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781556203695
Publisher:	Amer Counseling Assn
Publication date:	02/28/2019
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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. 

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