{"product_id":"psychological-interventions-from-six-continents-9780367643478","title":"Psychological Interventions from Six Continents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents psychological assessment and intervention in a cultural and relational context. A diverse range of contributors representing six continents and eleven countries write about their therapeutic interventions, all of which break the traditional assessor-as-expert-oriented framework and offer a creative adaptation in service delivery. A Collaborative\/Therapeutic Assessment model, including work with immigrant communities, and Indigenous modalities underscore individual and collective case illustrations highlighting equality in the roles of the provider and the receiver of services. The universality and uniqueness of culture are explored as a construct and through case material. Some chapters describe a partnership with a Eurocentric scientific model, while others adopt a purely community method, preserved with Indigenous language and subjective methodology. This volume brings together diverse therapeutic collaborative ideas, and recognizes relational, community, and cu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBe prepared to be challenged \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e inspired on this around-the-world trip through the development, adaptation, and application of culturally relevant, community oriented, and truly collaborative therapeutic interventions. This journey offers an immersion into the wide array of cultural values, beliefs, and ways of knowing around the globe that inform what diverse clients need and what psychologists must understand to help people and communities heal from trauma and loss and find well-being. Don’t miss the chance to \"Sing with the Lions\" and take \"Flight with the Eagles\".\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeborah Tharinger, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin; Founding Member of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute; a co-author of Therapeutic Assessment with Children: Enhancing Parental Empathy through Psychological Assessment, 2022.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTruly a very interesting and fascinating work that represents a relevant contribution for those who care about collaborative\/therapeutic assessment. Ranging from one continent to another, addressing the most diverse and disparate issues, this work offers a 360-degree view of the fundamental role socio-cultural aspects of belonging play in psychological intervention-- including the environmental context and the original culture. Moved by the desire to deepen their knowledge of different cultures, Mercer, Purves and Macdonald have enriched their personal contributions with those of over 20 authors who live and work in various countries. The result is a colorful kaleidoscope of collaborative\/ therapeutic assessment all around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlessandro Crisi, Psy.D., Italian Institute of Wartegg, Rome, Italy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Zimbabwe, India, and Japan to other places around the globe, this engaging volume provides moving accounts of collaborative, culturally respectful mental health interventions tailored to the communities they are designed to help. Multiple chapters illustrate how Collaborative\/Therapeutic Assessment (C\/TA) can be adapted to different cultures, and anyone practicing C\/TA will want to own this book.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStephen E. Finn, Ph.D.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e President, Therapeutic Assessment Institute.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword, \u003ci\u003eJim Allen\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Culture, Collaboration, and Community, \u003ci\u003eBarbara L. Mercer, Heather Macdonald, and Caroline Purves; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I. Psychological Service Delivery; 1: \u003c\/b\u003eBeginnings: Psychological Service Delivery, \u003ci\u003eBarbara L. Mercer; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e2: \u003c\/b\u003eParadigms for Well-Being: Ways of Knowing and Psychological Services, \u003ci\u003eBarbara L. Mercer; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II: Collaborative\/Therapeutic Assessment Models\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e3: \u003c\/b\u003eAssessment, Training, and Social Justice in Community Psychology, \u003ci\u003eHeather Macdonald, Barbara L. Mercer, and Caroline Purves; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e4:\u003c\/b\u003e Assessment of Japanese Children, \u003ci\u003eHikikomori,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNoriko Nakamura; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e5: \u003c\/b\u003eGrowing Empathy with Complex Clients in Developing Countries: Collaborative\/Therapeutic Assessment in Latinoamérica, \u003ci\u003eErnesto Pais and Daniela Belloc; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e6: \u003c\/b\u003eCulture and Psychological Assessment in India, \u003ci\u003eKakli Gupta; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III: Collaboration and Immigration; 7: \u003c\/b\u003eCollaborative Assessment from a Transcultural Perspective: Cooperativa Crinali’s Experience in Milan, Italy, \u003ci\u003eMarta Breda, Nicole Fratellani, Francesca Grosso, Ilaria Oltolini, Benedetta Rubino, and Stefania Sharley; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e8: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Different Cultures Wear Different Shoes!\" Therapeutic Assessment with a 17-Year-Old Immigrant Boy in the Netherlands\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHilde De Saeger and Inge Van Laer; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e9: \u003c\/b\u003ePsychological Assessment of South Sudanese Persons in Mental Health Treatment in the United States, \u003ci\u003eJohn Chuol Kuek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e; Section IV: New Measures, Alternative Interventions, and Indigenous Inclusion; 10: \u003c\/b\u003eSinging to the Lions - A Program to Help Children Respond Effectively to Fear and Violence in Their Lives: Culturally Relevant Assessment and Intervention in Zimbabwe and Beyond, \u003ci\u003eJonathan Brakarsh, Lucy Y. Steinitz, Jane Chidzungu, Eugenia Mpande, and Lightwell Mpofu; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e11: \u003c\/b\u003eIndigenous Inclusion and Intervention: The Flight of Eagles, \u003ci\u003eShaun Hains; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e12: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Interface: Western Tools and the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, \u003ci\u003eHelen Milroy, Monique Platell, and Shraddha Kashyap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017999155543,"sku":"9780367643478","price":37.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367643478.jpg?v=1750775317","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/psychological-interventions-from-six-continents-9780367643478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}