Culture-Centered Counseling Interventions : Striving for Accuracy

by Paul B. Pedersen

• ISBN13: 9780761902508
• ISBN10: 0761902503
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-11
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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