Counseling Diverse Populations - Softcover

Atkinson, Donald R; Hackett, Gail

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0697361845 ISBN 13: 9780697361844

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2003

Synopsis

This book addresses diversity counseling in a unique format that combines four non-ethnic minority groups: women, sexual minorities, older people, and people with disabilities. An historical overview of how both psychology and society have treated these four groups puts theories of discrimination in context. Chapters related to each of the four minority groups have been written by experts who have first-hand personal and professional exposure to the experiences and needs of members of each group. The final chapter discusses what mental health professions need to do in the future to adequately address the psychological needs for these four populations.

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About the Author

Donald R. Atkinson is Professor Emeritus in the combined psychology program (Gevirtz Graduate School of Education) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has over 30 years of teaching experience in such courses as Social and Cultural Foundations of Diversity, Multicultural Counseling, Ethics, and Gender Issues. Several reviews of research have identified him as the most prolific researcher ever on multicultural issues, and in 2001 he received the Lifetime Research Award from Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues) of the American Psychological Association. He is a Fellow of Divisions 17 and 45 of the APA. Dr. Atkinson earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1970.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0697361845
• ISBN 13: 9780697361844
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 496