Culture-Centered Counseling Interventions
Striving for Accuracy
- Paul B. Pedersen - Syracuse University (Emeritus); University of Hawaii (Visiting) , Maastricht School of Management
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Multi-Cultural Counselling
Multi-Cultural Counselling
April 1997 | 344 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This volume introduces innovative ways of understanding and dealing with issues of multiculturalism in counselling. The author emphasizes that understanding the culture of clients is indispensable to the practice of good counselling. He includes exercises and applications in each chapter, and intersperses thought-provoking `culture notes' throughout.
Introduction
PART ONE: THE CULTURE-CENTERED CONTEXT
Defining Culture in Context
Managing Culturally Learned Assumptions
Managing the Cultural Context
PART TWO: SPECIFIC CULTURE-CENTERED CONTEXTS
Asian and Non-Western Contexts
Religious and Spiritual Contexts
International Student Contexts
Family Therapy in a Systemic Context
PART THREE: CULTURE-CENTERED SKILLS
Culture-Centered Counseling Skills
Finding Common Ground Using the Cultural Grid
Culture-Centered Ethics
Culture-Centered Controversies
Conclusion