Dimensions of Multicultural Counseling: A Life Story Approach / Edition 1

by Sara E. Schwarzbaum, Anita Jones Thomas

Overview

This collection of life stories offers compelling narratives by individuals from different races, ethnic groups, religions, sexual orientations, and social classes. By weaving these engaging stories with relevant theoretical topics, this unique textbook provides deeper levels of understanding on how cultural factors influence identity, personality, worldview, and mental health.

An Instructor's Resource CD with supplemental materials for each chapter and a helpful internet study site at http://www.sagepub.com/dimensionsofmulticulturalcounselingstudy/ including podcasts and videos offer further opportunities that examine and apply this mosaic of rich subject matter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412951364
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/31/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sara Schwarzbaum, Ed D, LMFT, LCPC, is a retired Professor in the department of Counselor Education and a coordinator of the Master’s in Couple and Family Counseling Program at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She is also the founder of Couples Counseling Associates in Chicago. She has a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Buenos Aires, Argentina and doctoral degree in counseling with an emphasis in family therapy from Northern Illinois University. She has written articles that have appeared in the Psychotherapy Networker, Counseling Today and other publications. She is a consultant, trainer, and presenter at state and national conferences where she frequently conducts workshops on clinical issues with Latino clients, the multicultural competency of clinicians, psychotherapy with immigrants and families, and marriage counseling.

Anita Jones Thomas, Ph D, is a counseling psychologist with specializations in multicultural counseling and family therapy, and is currently an Dean and Professor of the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Indianapolis. She received a bachelor’s degree in human development and social policy from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in community counseling from Loyola University Chicago. Her doctorate in counseling psychology was received from Loyola University Chicago. Her research interests include critical consciousness, and racial identity, racial socialization, and parenting issues for African Americans. She has also conducted training seminars and workshops on multicultural issues for state and national professional organizations in counseling and psychology, hospitals, and corporations and has served as a consultant for human service organizations. Dr. Thomas has served and chaired the Committee on Children, Youth, and Families of the American Psychological Association, and the Task Force on Resilience and Strength and Black Children and Adolescents, and is on the board for the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice.

Table of Contents

Preface
SECTION I. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS
Ch 1. Multiculturalism, Theory and Competence
Ch 2. Oppression and Resilience
Ch 3. Self in Context
SECTION II. DIMENSIONS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
Ch 4. Julie's Story: So What if I'm a Black Woman?
Ch 5. Butch's Story: Who Am I?
Ch 6. Betsie's Story: I Am 100 Percent Jewish
Ch 7. Maribel's Story: When Are You Going to Have Kids?
SECTION III: DIMENSIONS OF IMMIGRATION AND ACCULTURATION
Ch 8. Vu's Story: I Am an American
Ch 9. Esteban's Story: Still Uprooted
Ch 10. Maria Luz's Story: Here We Are Not Free
Ch 11. Teresa's Story: I Didn't Want to Go to Church on Sunday
SECTION IV: DIMENSIONS OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
Ch 12. Frank's Story: Hearing God's Voice
Ch 13. Bob's Story: The Good Christian Son
Ch 14. Katie's Story: Catholic and Jewish? How Can It Be?
SECTION V: DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL CLASS
Ch 15. Carla's Story: One More Mile
Ch 16. Anthony's Story: From Radical to Bohemian to Suit Me
SECTION VI: DIMENSIONS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Ch 17. Karen's Story: Midlife Growing Pains
Ch 18. Transgender and Intersex Sexuality
Ch 19. Rachel's Story: Nurturing the Spirit
Appendix
References
Index
About the Authors
Using Real Life Stories in Multicultural Counseling Courses