Is our society color-blind? Trans-racial? Post-racial? And
what-if anything-should this mean to professionals in clinical
practice with diverse clients?
The ambitious volume "The Concept of Race and Psychotherapy"
probes these questions, compelling readers to look differently at
their clients (and themselves), and offering a practical framework
for more effective therapy. By tracing the racial "folk taxonomies"
of eight cultures in the Americas and the Caribbean, the author
elegantly defines race as a fluid construct, dependent on local
social, political, and historical context for meaning but
meaningless in the face of science. This innovative perspective
informs the rest of the book, which addresses commonly held
assumptions about problem behavior and the desire to change, and
presents a social-science-based therapy model, applicable to a wide
range of current approaches, that emphasizes both cultural patterns
and client uniqueness. Among the highlights of the coverage:
Common elements in therapy and healing across cultures.The
psychological appeal of racial concepts despite scientific evidence
to the contrary.Lessons psychology can learn from
anthropology.Three types of therapeutic relationships, with
strategies for working effectively in each.The phenomenon of
discontinuous change in brief therapy.Solution-focused therapy from
a cross-cultural perspective.
Thought-provoking reading for psychologists, psychiatrists,
clinical social workers, and other mental health professionals as
well as graduate students in these fields, "The Concept of Race and
Psychotherapy" affirms the individuality-and the
interconnectedness-of every client.
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