Counseling Across Cultures

Offering a primary focus on North American cultural and ethnic diversity while addressing global questions and issues, Counseling Across Cultures, Seventh Edition, edited by Paul B. Pederson, Walter J. Lonner, Juris G. Draguns, Joseph E. Trimble, and María R. Scharrón-del Río, 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.

Part I: Essential Components of Cross-Cultural CounselingChapter 1: Toward Effectiveness Through Empathy - Paul B. Pedersen & Mark PopeChapter 2: Counseling Encounters in Multicultural Contexts: An Introduction - Juris G. DragunsChapter 3: Assessment of Persons in Cross-Cultural Counseling - Walter J. LonnerMulticultural Counseling Foundations: A Synthesis of Research Findings on Selected Topics - Timothy B. Smith, Alberto Soto & Derek GrinerPart II: Ethnocultural Contexts and Cross-Cultural CounselingChapter 5: Counseling North American Indigenous Peoples - John Gonzalez & Joseph E. TrimbleChapter 6: Counseling Asian Americans: Client and Therapist Variables - Frederick T. L. Leong, D. John Lee, & Zornitsa KalibatsevaChapter 7: Counseling Persons of Black African Ancestry - Ivory Achebe Toldson, Kelechi C. Anyanwu, & Casilda MaxwellChapter 8: ¡Adelante! Counseling the Latina/o from Guiding Theory to Practice - J. Manuel Casas, A. Pati Cabrera, & Melba J. T. VasquezChapter 9: Counseling Muslim and Arab Clients - Marwan Dwairy & Fatimah El-JamilPart III: Counseling Issues in Broadly-Defined Cultural CategoriesChapter 10: Gender, Sexism, Heterosexism and Privilege across Cultures - Michi Fu, Joe Nee & Yin-Chen ShenChapter 11: Counseling the Marginalized - Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, Melissa Donovick, & Kee J.E. StraitsChapter 12: Counseling in Schools: Issues and Practice - Cheryl Holcomb McCoy & Ileana GonzalezChapter 13: Reflective Clinical Practice with People of Marginalized Sexual Identities - Eliza A. Dragowski & María R. Scharrón del-Rio Part IV: Counseling Individuals in Transitional, Traumatic, or Emergent SituationsChapter 14: Counseling International Students in the Context of Cross-Cultural Transitions - Nancy ArthurChapter 15: Counseling Immigrants and Refugees - Fred Bemak & Rita Chi-Ying ChungChapter 16: Counseling Survivors of Disaster - Beth BoydChapter 17: Counseling in the Context of Poverty - Laura Smith & Melanie E. BrewsterChapter 18: The Ecology of Acculturation: Implications for Counseling Across Cultures - Jaimee Stuart & Colleen WardPart V: Professional Counseling in a Selection of Culture-Mediated Human Conditions and CircumstancesChapter 19: Health Psychology and Cultural Competence - Daisy R. Singla & Frances AboudChapter 20: Well-being and Health - James Allen, Jordan Lewis, & Michelle Johnson-JenningsChapter 21: Family Counseling and Therapy with Diverse Ethnocultural Groups - Guillermo Bernal, Jennifer Morales-Cruz, & Keishalee Gómez-ArroyoChapter 22: Religion, Spirituality and Culture-Oriented Counseling - Mary A. Fukuyama & Ana PuigChapter 23: Drug and Alcohol Abuse and Health Promotion in Cross-Cultural Counseling - Lisa Rey Thomas & Dennis M. DonovanChapter 24: Group Dynamics in a Multicultural World - Mary B. McRae