Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice

Product Description:
Completely updated, the most widely used and critically acclaimed text on multicultural counseling, Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition offers students and professionals essential and thought-provoking material on the theory, research, and practice of multicultural counseling.

Authors Derald Wing Sue and David Sue—pioneers in this field—define and analyze the meaning of diversity and multiculturalism and include coverage of racial/ethnic minority groups as well as multiracial individuals, women, gays and lesbians, the elderly, and those with disabilities. The Fifth Edition of this classic resource introduces new research and concepts, discusses future directions in the field, and includes updated references.

New and important highlights include:

• Opening personal narratives in Chapter 1 that present poignant journeys in cultural competence
• Cutting-edge material related to the most recent research, theoretical formulations, and practice implications
• Discussion of unconscious and subtle manifestations of racial, gender, and sexual orientation bias and discriminationknown as microaggressions
• Coverage of social justice counseling
• Content on minority group therapists
• Attention to counseling and special circumstances involving racial/ethnic populations

With its unique conceptual framework for multicultural therapy, Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition remains the best source of real-world counseling preparation for students as well as the most enlightened, influential guide for professionals.

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Interesting
This book provides the reader with an immense of knowledge relating to counseling multicultural clients.It makes the reader understand the bias that he or she may be have against clients.Great book!
Rating: - Perfect
This product came in a timely manner, was in perfect condition, and had a great price.
Rating: - Multi-cultural counseling resource
I had to order this book for a college class. Expecting a dull text I was pleased to find a valuable resource. The book gives a good general and overall foundation to the process of becoming a culturally competent counselor.
Rating: - Counseling the Culturally Diverse
This is an excellent textbook. Had I not already spent time working in food kitchens and homeless shelters, I might have found this book offensive as a white, privileged, American male. For that reason, I really think the authors should rethink the placement of their chapter on social justice. Understanding the need for social justice is key to this book. In my opinion, this chapter should follow the introduction where the authors take great pains to explain their approach and beg the reader not ... Read More
Rating: - biased, not empirically sound
Overall I would not recommend this book, particularly since there are others out there that I find more useful and reputable (I definitely recommend Counseling Multicultural and Diverse Populations by Vacc, DeVaney and Brendel). This book is not worthless. Like all multicultural counseling books, it challenges one to introspect and look more deeply into prejudices, biases, stereotypes, etc., that affect the counseling relationship, which is useful. However, the authors (as other reviewers have noted ... Read More