This timely volume gives readers a robust framework and innovative tools
for incorporating clients' unique cultural variables in counseling and
therapy. Its chapters identify cultural, societal, and worldview-based
contexts for understanding clients, from the relatively familiar
(ethnicity, gender, age) to the less explored (migration status, social
privilege, geographic environment). Diverse cases illustrate how
cultural assessments contribute to building the therapeutic relationship
and developing interventions that respect client individuality as well
as group identity. In these pages, clinicians are offered effective
strategies for conducting more relevant and meaningful therapy,
resulting in better outcomes for client populations that have
traditionally been marginalized and underserved. The appendices include
the Scale to Assess Worldview(c) (Ibrahim & Kahn, 1984),
The Acculturation Index(c) (Ibrahim, 2008), and the
Cultural Identity Check List-Revised(c) (Ibrahim, 2007).
Among the topics covered:
- Cultural identity: components and assessment.
- Worldview: implications for culturally responsive and ethical
practice.
- Understanding acculturation and its use in counseling and
psychotherapy.
- Social justice variables critical for conducting counseling and
psychotherapy.
- Immigrants: identity development and counseling issues.
- Designing interventions using the social justice and cultural
responsiveness model.
Cultural and Social Justice Counseling is a profound source of
knowledge for clinicians and students in mental health fields
(counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, social
workers) who are working with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds,
including those working in international settings, with clients across
cultures, and with sojourners to the US.
