Counselling in Cultural Contexts e-bog

This accessible practice-building reference establishes a clear social justice lens for providing culturally-responsive and ethical multicultural counseling for all clients. Rooted in the principles of Culture-Infused Counseling, the book's practical framework spotlights the evolving therapeutic relationship and diverse approaches to working with clients' personal and relational challenges, including at the community and system levels.  Case studies illustrate interventions with clients across various identities from race, gender, and class to immigration status, sexuality, spirituality, and body size, emphasizing the importance of viewing client's presenting concerns within the contexts of their lives. Chapters also model counselor self-awareness so readers can assess their strengths, identify their hidden assumptions, and evolve past basic cultural sensitivity to actively infusing social justice as an ethical stance in professional practice. Included in the chapters: nbsp;        Culture-infused counseling, emphasizing context, identities, and social justicenbsp;        Decolonizing and indigenous approachesnbsp;        Social class awarenessnbsp;        Intersectionality of identitiesnbsp;        Clients' spiritual and religious beliefsnbsp;        Weight bias as a social justice issuenbsp;        Culturally responsive and socially just engagement in counselling women nbsp;        Life-making in therapeutic work with transgender clientsnbsp;        Socially-just counseling for refugeesnbsp;        Multi-level systems approaches to interventions While Counseling in Cultural Contexts is geared toward a student/training audience, practicing professionals will also find the case study format of the book to be informative and stimulating.