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Understanding Gender And Culture In The Helping Process: Practitioners' Narratives From Global Perspectives - Softcover

 
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Synopsis

Featuring edited chapters contributed by practitioners and experts working within global cultures, Rabin's text offers a practical and integrated way of considering gender, ethnicity and culture through narrative in the helping process. Designed for practitioners and students of the helping process, as well as undergraduate and graduate students of diversity, multicultural, race and ethnic relations, Rabin's text helps readers develop beyond the expectation of finding universal answers, and towards better listening to their clients' unique personal stories within their social context. Featuring contributions from around the world, this edited text reflects the work of practitioners and experts from within the respective culture who have shared their experiences and wisdom from working with a wide, diverse selection of populations.

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About the Author

Claire Rabin is a teacher of social work and family therapy working in the multicultural setting of Israel. Due to her extensive travels in other countries and the workshops she has provided to helpers in countries such as Ireland, Germany and Mexico, she became aware of how questions related to cultural relativity, context and meaning of ethnic group identity are common concerns to professionals around the world. Now living in Tel Aviv, she has authored a number of books on family therapy and many scholarly articles.

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