Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Lifespan Approach (5th Edition) (Merrill Counseling)
This unique counseling and psychotherapy text focuses on what stage clients are in their development and how their cultural background, race, sexuality, gender, class, or spirituality have influenced their lives. Focusing on the unique challenges faced by African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, European American, and American Indian populations, this book’s distinctive lifespan approach ensures that students will learn to be culturally effective counselors. In addition to teaching readers how to best understand and counsel culturally diverse clients, this book also covers multicultural human growth and development and professional issues and future directions in the multicultural counseling field. New to this edition:  Case studies and accompanying reflection questionsgive students the opportunity to read about real-world cases and answer insightful questions designed to stimulate student thought.Counseling and development featuresexamine specific development characteristics and offer students detailed and proven counseling strategies.Alignment with CACREP standardshelps both students and instructors see how the book’s material reflects these standards.Inclusion of ACA 2005 Ethical Standardsallow students to learn ACA Ethical Standards, both through highlights and through online resources. New material on spiritualism and disabilitiesintroduce students to two more significant influences in clients’ lives that can lead readers to be more effective counselors. All new suggested readingsgive students and access to the most current research and scholarly opinions in the field.A new emphasis on socioeconomic conditions, including information from the US Census Bureau, allow students to see the effects of socioeconomic conditions on each of the five cultural groups.