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With an emphasis on direct application to practice, this graduate-level text offers strategies for working with diverse client groups in a variety of settings. Introductory chapters build a foundation for cross-cultural counseling with discussions on current theory, the ongoing pursuit of multicultural competence, and the complexities of intersecting identities. Next, 15 chapters designed to help counselors develop their knowledge about and skills with the following populations are presented:
- African Americans
- American Indians
- Arab Americans
- Asian and Pacific Islanders
- Economically disadvantaged clients
- Immigrants
- Latinx
- LGBTQ clients
- Men
- Military personnel
- Multiracial individuals
- Older adults
- People with disabilities
- White people of European descent
- Women
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1 Multicultural Competency: A Conceptual Framework for Counseling Across Cultures
Chapter 2 The Cross-Cultural Encounter: Meeting the Challenge of Culturally Competent Counseling
Chapter 3 Intersectionality: Understanding the Complexity of Identity in Counseling Across Cultures
Part II: Direction for Culturally Competent Counseling: The Experience of Race/Ethnicity
Chapter 4 Counseling First Americans
Chapter 5 Counseling People of the African Diaspora in the United States
Chapter 6 Counseling Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
Chapter 7 Counseling Latinx
Chapter 8 Counseling Arab Americans
Chapter 9 Counseling Whites of European Descent
The Experience of Multiracial Individuals
Chapter 10 Counseling Members of the Multiracial Population
The Experience of Gender and Age
Chapter 11 Issues in Counseling Men
Chapter 12 Issues in Counseling Women
Chapter 13 Issues in Counseling Older Persons
The Sexual Minority Experience
Chapter 14 Affirmative Counseling With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Intersex Clients
The Experience of People With Disabilities
Chapter 15 Counseling Individuals With Physical, Cognitive, and Psychiatric Disabilities
The Experience of Socioeconomic Disadvantage
Chapter 16 Counseling and the Culture of Economic Disadvantage
The Immigration Experience
Chapter 17 Counseling Recent Immigrants
The Military Experience
Chapter 18 Counseling Military Clients: Multicultural Competence, Challenges, and Opportunities
Part III: Professional and Personal Issues in Counseling Across Cultures 000
Chapter 19 Ethical Issues in Multicultural Counseling
Chapter 20 The Culturally Competent Counselor as an Agent of Social Justice