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Neither human nature nor personality can be independent of culture.
Human beings share certain social norms or rules within their
cultural groups. Over 2000 years ago, Aristotle held that man is by
nature a social animal. Similarly, Xun Kuang (298-238 B.C.), a
Chinese philosopher, pointed out that humans in social groups can
not function without shared guidance or rules. This book is
designed to provide readers with a perspective on how people are
different from, and similar to, each other --both within and across
cultures. One of its goals is to offer a practical guide for people
preparing to interact with those whose cultural background is
different from their own.
Neither human nature nor personality can be independent of culture.
Human beings share certain social norms or rules within their
cultural groups. Over 2000 years ago, Aristotle held that man is by
nature a social animal. Similarly, Xun Kuang (298-238 B.C.), a
Chinese philosopher, pointed out that humans in social groups can
not function without shared guidance or rules.
This book is designed to provide readers with a perspective on how
people are different from, and similar to, each other --both within
and across cultures. One of its goals is to offer a practical guide
for people preparing to interact with those whose cultural
background is different from their own.
Emotional, as well as physical distress, is a heritage from our
hominid ancestors; it has been experienced by every group of human
beings since our emergence as a species. And every known culture
has developed systems of conceptualization and intervention for
addressing it. The editors have brought together leading
psychologists, psychiatrists, anthropologists, and others to
consider the interaction of psychosocial, biological, and cultural
variables as they influence the assessment of health and illness
and the course of therapy. The volume includes broadly conceived
theoretical and survey chapters; detailed descriptions of specific
healing traditions in Asia, the Americas, Africa, and the Arab
world. The Handbook of Culture, Therapy, and Healing is a unique
resource, containing information about Western therapies practiced
in non-Western cultures, non-Western therapies practiced both in
their own context and in the West.
Emotional, as well as physical distress, is a heritage from our
hominid ancestors; it has been experienced by every group of human
beings since our emergence as a species. And every known culture
has developed systems of conceptualization and intervention for
addressing it.
The editors have brought together leading psychologists,
psychiatrists, anthropologists, and others to consider the
interaction of psychosocial, biological, and cultural variables as
they influence the assessment of health and illness and the course
of therapy. The volume includes broadly conceived theoretical and
survey chapters; detailed descriptions of specific healing
traditions in Asia, the Americas, Africa, and the Arab world.
The "Handbook of Culture, Therapy, and Healing" is a unique
resource, containing information about Western therapies practiced
in non-Western cultures, non-Western therapies practiced both in
their own context and in the West.
What is the scientific status and the "truth value" of the concept
of defense mechanisms? Among contemporary psychologists, three
types of answers to this question may be expected. Some would
wholeheartedly endorse the theoretical, clinical, and research
value of this notion; others would reject it outright. Between
these two extremes, a large number of observers, perhaps the
majority, would suspend their judgment. Their attitude, compounded
of hope and doubt, would capitalize on defense as an interesting
and promising concept. At the same time, these psy chologists would
express skepticism and disappointment over its clinical
limitations, theoretical ambiguity, and research failures. The
present volume is primarily addressed to the audience of hopeful
skeptics-those who have not given up on the notion of defense, yet
have been frustrated by the difficulties of incorporating it into
the modern, streamlined structure of psychology. To this end, we
have brought together theoretical and empirical contributions
germane to defense together with reports about their applications
to clinical and personality assessment, especially in relation to
psychopathology, psychosomatics, and psycho therapeutic
intervention."
In an era of globalization characterized by widespread migration
and cultural contacts, psychologists, counselors, and other mental
health professionals face a unique challenge: how does one practice
successfully when working with clients from so many different
backgrounds? Gielen, Draguns, and Fish argue that an understanding
of the general principles of multicultural counseling is of great
importance to all practitioners. The lack of this knowledge can
have several negative consequences during therapy, including
differences in expectations between counselor and client,
misdiagnosis of the client s concerns, missed non-verbal cues, and
the client feeling that she has been misunderstood. This volume
focuses on the general nature of cultural influences in counseling
rather than on counseling specific ethnic groups. Counseling
practices from all over the world, not just those of Western
society, are explored. Bringing together the work of a diverse
group of international experts, the editors have compiled a volume
that is not only concise and teachable, but also an essential
guidebook for all mental-health professionals."
Offering a primary focus on North American cultural and ethnic
diversity while addressing global questions and issues, Counseling
Across Cultures, Seventh Edition draws on the expertise of 48
invited contributors to examine the cultural context of accurate
assessment and appropriate interventions in counseling diverse
clients. The book's chapters highlight work with African Americans,
Asian Americans, Latinos/as, American Indians, refugees,
individuals in marginalized situations, international students,
those with widely varying religious beliefs, and many others.
Edited by pioneers in multicultural counseling, this volume
articulates the positive contributions that can be achieved when
multicultural awareness is incorporated into the training of
counselors.
The book is focused on defense mechanisms as theoretical constructs
as well as the possibilities of their empirical registration by
different methods, and the application of these constructs in
different fields of psychology with special regard to concurrent
and predictive validity. It is argued that defense mechanisms are
in many ways to be seen as integrative constructs, not necessarily
restricted to psychoanalytic theory and that the potential fields
of their application have a wide ranging scope, comprising many
fields of psychology. Consequently empirical studies are presented
from the fields of clinical and personality psychology,
psychotherapy research and psychosomatic phenomena and diseases.
Methodological questions have a heavy weight in most of these
studies.
* Provides coverage of relevant literature
* Covers different fields of application
* Attempts an integration of the contstruct of defense mechanisms
into mainstream psychology
* Provides explanations of the theoretical basis of the construct
of defense mechanisms
In an era of globalization characterized by widespread migration
and cultural contacts, psychologists, counselors, and other mental
health professionals face a unique challenge: how does one practice
successfully when working with clients from so many different
backgrounds? Gielen, Draguns, and Fish argue that an understanding
of the general principles of multicultural counseling is of great
importance to all practitioners. The lack of this knowledge can
have several negative consequences during therapy, including
differences in expectations between counselor and client,
misdiagnosis of the client s concerns, missed non-verbal cues, and
the client feeling that she has been misunderstood. This volume
focuses on the general nature of cultural influences in counseling
rather than on counseling specific ethnic groups. Counseling
practices from all over the world, not just those of Western
society, are explored. Bringing together the work of a diverse
group of international experts, the editors have compiled a volume
that is not only concise and teachable, but also an essential
guidebook for all mental-health professionals."
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