Reaching across boundaries of culture and class
Subtitle: widening the scope of psychotherapy
By: edited by RoseMarie Pérez Foster, Michael Moskowitz, Rafael Art. Javier.
Contributors: Pérez Foster, RoseMarie.; Moskowitz, Michael.; Javier, Rafael Art.
Publisher: J. Aronson
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Northvale, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Psychodynamic psychotherapy -- Social aspects.; Psychiatry, Transcultural.; Psychoanalysis and culture.; Minorities -- Mental health services.; Psychotherapy.; Cultural Diversity.; Socioeconomic Factors.
Description: In a world that is forever fragmenting into divisions of ethnicity and class, this groundbreaking book offers an approach to therapy that reaches across the boundaries that usually divide us. Reaffirming psychotherapy's roots in a progressive approach to social change, the contributors show how contemporary methods can be used to treat patients often previously thought unresponsive to psychodynamic therapy.

Cultural values, countertransference guilt, immigration, bilingualism, and battered self-esteem in African-American patients are among the many topics discussed. Numerous examples guide the clinician to a better understanding of the role of culture in the therapeutic relationship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.