Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients: A Practical Guide (Multicultural Aspects of Counseling)

Paniagua, Freddy A.

ISBN 10: 0761910506 / ISBN 13: 9780761910503

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients: A Practical Guide (Multicultural Aspects of Counseling)
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761910506
• ISBN 13: 9780761910503
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A best-seller in its first edition, the long-awaited second edition of Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients is here. Author Freddy Paniagua has expanded and updated his original work, offering effective, practical guidelines in dealing with issues that arise when dealing with culturally diverse clients. In this landmark volume, Paniagua addresses important questions, including: + Is it a good idea to conduct your first meeting with an African American client differently than with an Asian American one? + Should you treat an American Indian client with the same therapeutic approach you would use to treat a Hispanic client? He also provides clinical suggestions for working with African American, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian clients. Some of the topics covered include a description of cultural variables that may affect assessment and treatment across groups; explanations of epidemiological mental health data across groups; a discussion on how to apply data from culturally specific, biased measures; and a description of many of the important factors to consider during the delivery of treatment. This practical volume also offers guidelines for the prevention of attrition. New to this edition is a chapter that deals with a summary of cultural variables in the DSM-IV, which will make this volume even more valuable to professionals and educators across the fields of clinical/counseling psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatric nursing, social work, multicultural counseling, ethnic studies, and behavioral psychology.