An Integrative Approach to Counseling; Bridging Chinese Thought, Evolutionary Theory, and Stress Management

by Robert G. Santee

• ISBN13: 9781412939812
• ISBN10: 141293981X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-18
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Global Counseling: Integrating East and West, by Robert Santee, offer a global and integrative approach to counseling that incorporates multiple concepts and techniques from both eastern and western perspectives. The book identifies commonalities rather than the differences between them. The book also compares and contrasts the underlying cultural assumptions of western counseling with those of the various Chinese perspectives, specifically Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, relative to integrating and applying a more global approach to helping individuals functionally adapt to challenges in their environments. The book will be used by faculty and students in those advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, counseling, or social work that cover such areas as introduction to counseling, counseling skills and techniques, counseling theories, multi-cultural awareness and counseling, and stress management.

Author Biography

Robert G. Santee is professor of psychology at Chaminade University of Honolulu, in Hawaii.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Fundamental Principles and Concepts

Evolutionary Theory and Evolutionary Psychology

Stress and the Stress Response

Stress Management

Culturally Diverese Approaches to Managing Stress

Buddhism and Stress Management

Daoism and Stress Management

Confucianism and Stress Management

Integration and Application of Culturally Diverse Approaches To Managing Stress

Underlying Cultural Assumptions

Rapport

Thinking

Feeling

Behaving

Interpersonal Relationships

Spirituality

Index

About the Author

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