Description
Book SynopsisThis book expands on APA’s 2017 Multicultural Guidelines by exploring additional research and providing students and professionals with practical applications for clinical practice, teaching and training, research, and consultation.
As codevelopers of the guidelines, the authors provide their unique expertise in multicultural psychology, explaining how to develop cultural responsiveness and humility and become attuned to the diversity of human needs and experiences. They also describe how to create constructive dialogues about social identity and build fruitful bidirectional relationships with clients, students, and organizations, among others.
This book takes an intersectional and ecological approach that considers a variety of cultural factors at multiple levels, ranging from small to large groups, to societal and cultural forces, and to historical changes. Within this layered ecological model, each of the ten guidelines is explored in
Table of Contents
Foreword: The Last Page and Dreams of the Future and the Weight of the Past
Joseph E. Trimble
Acknowledgments
Part I. Foundations of Multicultural Practice
Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Multicultural Guidelines
Chapter 2. The Layered Ecological Model of the Multicultural Guidelines
Part II. A Bidirectional Model of Self-Definition and Relationships
Chapter 3. Recognizing the Fluidity and Complexity of Self-Identify and Social Dynamics: Multicultural Guideline 1
Chapter 4. Understanding and Avoiding Psychologists’ Biases: Multicultural Guideline 2
Part III. Understanding Community, School, and Family Context
Chapter 5. The Cultural Significance of Language and Communication: Multicultural Guideline 3
Chapter 6. The Impact of Social Capital: Multicultural Guideline 4
Part IV. Considering the Institutional Impact on Engagement
Chapter 7. Recognizing Institutional Barriers and Systemic Marginalization: Multicultural Guideline 5
Chapter 8. Promoting Culture-Centered Interventions and Advocacy: Multicultural Guideline 6
Part V. Psychological Practice Within a Domestic and International Climate
Chapter 9. Understanding Globalization’s Impact on Psychology: Multicultural Guideline 7
Chapter 10. The Intersection Between Development and Biosociocultural Context: Multicultural Guideline 8
Part VI. Outcomes
Chapter 11. Conducting Culturally Informed Work in Psychology: Multicultural Guideline 9
Chapter 12. Applying a Strength-Based Approach to Psychology: Multicultural Guideline 10
Part VII. Future Directions in Multicultural Psychology
Chapter 13. Where Do We Go From Here? Looking Towards 2027 in Multicultural Psychology
Afterword
Lynn Pasquerella
References
Index
About the Authors
