Description
Book SynopsisThis remarkable work presents the nuts and bolts of incorporating culture into therapy in a way that is immediately useful and practical. Illustrated by numerous case studies that demonstrate issues, techniques, and recommendations, this volume focuses not on specific race or ethnicity but instead on culture.
Trade ReviewThis is a useful, timely, and easy to read guide to clinical practice that provides important and relevant information on the cultural aspects of psychotherapy. Experts in the field combine their collective knowledge to enhance the understanding of the effects of culture on the therapeutic process and how to use the culture to understand, strengthen, and enhance the treatment process.
* Doody Publishing *
This well-organized and edited book moves beyond the cultural formulation to provide useful information, recommending the use of cultural dimension to increase psychotherapy's effectiveness.
-- Lillian Comas-Diaz, Ph.D. * The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease *
Table of ContentsContributors
Preface
PART 1: Introduction
Chapter 1. Culture and Psychotherapy: An Overview
PART 2: Case Presentations and Analysis
Chapter 2. The Man Who Became a Child in the Face of Death
Chapter 3. The Woman With One Foot in the Past
Chapter 4. The Woman Who Could Not Escape Her Spirit Song
Chapter 5. The Woman Who Alienated Her Family After Losing Her Son
Chapter 6. One Patient, Three Therapists
PART 3: Special Issues in Therapy
Chapter 7. Lessons From Folk Healing Practices
Chapter 8. Therapist-Patient Relations and Ethnic Transference
Chapter 9. Psychological Aspects of Giving and Receiving Medications
PART 4: Treating Special Populations
Chapter 10. The African American
Chapter 11. The Hispanic Veteran
Chapter 12. The Southeast Asian Refugee: The Legacy of Severe Trauma
Chapter 13. The Adolescent
Chapter 14. The Ethnic Minority Elderly
PART 5: Special Models of Therapy
Chapter 15. Marital Therapy for Intercultural Couples
Chapter 16. Group Therapy With Multiethnic Members
PART 6: Integration and Conclusions
Chapter 17. Integration and Conclusions
Index
