Culturally Alert Counseling: A Comprehensive Introduction

by Garrett J. McAuliffe (Editor)

Culturally Alert Counseling: A Comprehensive Introduction is a reader-friendly introduction to the cultural dimensions of counseling and psychotherapy. Editor Garrett McAuliffe, along with international experts in their fields, provides an accessible presentation of culturally alert counseling techniques that broadens the discussion of culture from ethnicity and race to include social class, religion, gender, and sexual orientation. Culture is defined broadly in the text, which features a mindful exploration of seven ethnic groupings, inclusive of all people within dominant and non-dominant cultural groups. The extensively revised Third Edition includes two new chapters on counseling immigrants and refugees and counseling military populations, exposing students to complex cultural developments. With the help of this text, readers will leave informed and ready to begin practice equipped with both a vision of the work and practical skills for effectively implementing it.

580 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 18, 2012

Reviews

[Mari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had to read this for school. It was quite dense to get through but I enjoy the information. Although, I was able to look right through the hidden agenda that the author was sending through some sections related to religion and the acknowledgment of Palestine.

[Stryker794 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow. Apparently academic authors can make even the most beautiful and interesting topics (like culture) sound so dry and boring you no longer want to learn about the topic. (At least not from them).

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

As far as textbooks go, this one was pretty good and very thought provoking.