Counseling Multicultural and Diverse Populations: Strategies for Practitioners, Fourth Edition

by Vacc,Nicholas A.

• ISBN13: 9781583913482
• ISBN10: 1583913483
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The purpose of this book is to expose students of the helping professions, counselors, teachers, college professors, mental health workers, and social workers to the unique characteristics of representative American subgroups and to effectively assist these same professionals as they work with clients and/or students from these populations. These are grouped by race, gender, sexuality, age, physical limitations and lifestyle etc. The author of each chapter is both a trained helping professional and a member of the group in question. This unique combination of qualifications lends both an academic and a personal perspective to the understanding of the populations represented.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(8)
Self-Awareness and Cultural Understanding	9	(18)
James Fuller
Counseling Native Americans	27	(28)
Michael Tlanusta Garrett
African Americans: A Remarkable People	55	(18)
Karen Westbrooks
Counseling Asian Americans	73	(20)
Catherine Y. Chang
Counseling Hispanic Americans	93	(24)
Johnston M. Brendel
Christina M. Sustaeta
Counseling Arab Americans	117	(24)
Sylvia C. Nassar-McMillan
Counseling Multiracial Americans	141	(22)
Carmen Braun Williams
Counseling Women from Feminist Perspectives	163	(26)
Victoria A. Foster
Kathleen M. May
Counseling Men	189	(20)
Robin L. Daniel
Counseling People with Physical Disabilities	209	(22)
Richard Holicky
Counseling Sexual-Minority Clients	231	(22)
Donnie G. Conner
Counseling Older Persons	253	(30)
Andrea Dixon Rayle
Jane E. Myers
Counseling Incarcerated Clients	283	(24)
Neresa B. Minatrea
Jered B. Kolbert
Counseling the Old Order Amish: Culturally Different by Religion	307	(18)
Joe Wittmer
Preparation for Helping Professionals Working with Diverse Populations	325	(24)
Larry C. Loesch
Kelly M. Burch-Ragan
Index	349