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This challenging and insightful work wrestles with the difficult
treatment problems confronting both culturally and socially
oppressed clients and psychotherapists in a society where diversity
has often been resisted. The authors question long-held assumptions
within the profession and urge recognition of new ethnic, racial,
and gender realities which significantly impact therapies.
Recognizing the implications of cultural diversity in the society,
the authors-clinicians seek to broaden health professionals'
awareness of clients' needs and to promote the requisite empathy.
They describe how ethnic, racial, and gender issues affect
psychotherapy's progress and outcomes. Specific concerns about such
key factors as self-esteem, gender roles, and social regard are
addressed in a context supportive of diversity enhancement rather
than one seeking uniformity. Case studies offer highly valuable
resource material and, through the authors' explication, insights
into their challenging perspectives on this highly important health
service.
Diversity in College Settings is a timely collection of case studies of counselling and mental health interventions with college students in the USA. Contributors examine the effects that differences such as race, ethnicity, culture, health, age and learning difficulties can have on students' experiences. They focus in particular on the experiences of students from ethnic minorities in predominantly white Universities. These experienced practitioners provide practical strategies and suggestions for effective and culturally competent interventions which should be of interest to all counsellors and mental health practitioners who work in higher education or who are interested in cross-cultural issues.
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As student populations become more diverse, college mental health
facilities are challenged to modify traditional theoretical and
practice frameworks. The first case book to focus on counseling and
mental health intervention with diverse college populations,
"Diversity in College Settings" is a timely and important
collection. Taken together, the studies redirect the focus of
college mental health practice, arguing convincingly for
acknowledging diversity, cultivating cultural competence among
health practitioners and the adoption of ethnospecific and cultural
parameters in serving college populations.
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