The Convergence of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender : Multiple Identities in Counseling

Students, Beginning And Seasoned Mental Health Professionals Will Be Better Prepared For Diversity Practice By This Accessible, Timely, Provocative, And Critical Work, The Convergence Of Race, Ethnicity And Gender: Multiple Identities In Counseling, Fifth Edition. Author Tracy Robinson-wood Demonstrates, Through Both The Time Honored Tradition Of Storytelling And Clinically-focused Case Studies, The Process Of Patient And Therapist Transformation. This Insightful, Practical Resource Offers Behavioral Health Professionals A Nuanced View Of Diversity Beyond Race, Culture, And Ethnicity To Include And Interrogate Intersectionality Among Race, Culture, Gender, Sexuality, Age, Class, Nationality, Religion, And Disability. With A Keen Focus On Quality Patient Care, This Important Text Aims To Help Professionals Better Serve Patients Across Sources Of Diversity. Readers Will Recognize Their Roles And Responsibilities As Social Justice Agents Of Change, While Identifying The Ways In Which Dominant Cultural Beliefs And Values Furnish And Perpetuate Clients' Feelings Of Stuckness And Inadequacy, In Both The Therapeutic Alliance And Within The Larger Society. This Remarkable Text Reveres The Lifelong Commitment Of Using Knowledge And Skills As Power For Good To Make A Meaningful Difference In People's Lives. NEW TO THIS EDITION: Four new chapters focus on: 1) the Counselor, 2) people of Jewish descent, 3) people of European descent, and 4) social justice. Throughout, there is greater attention to a discussion of whiteness New data on genetic markers is provided along with connections to the origin of human beings Information from counseling psychology on counseling competency benchmarks are included across several chapters New text boxes add visual interest and clarify material in the form of knowledge boxes, self-check boxes, and definition boxes Recent events, such as the APA's involvement with enhanced interrogation and the Hoffman report, the confederate flag in South Carolina, and legalization of same-sex marriage in all 50 states are discussed More attention to events within the counseling and psychology professions such as which mental health professionals can receive reimbursement from Medicare, which states have initial levels of licensure for professional counselors, and in which states psychologists have prescriptive authority Expanded focus on veterans and Alzheimer's included in the chapter on disability A greater focus on millennials in this edition Updated definitions regarding gender and sexuality Updated census data are provided KEY FEATURES: Readers get an authentic snapshot of multicultural counseling as it happens. Integration and application of the material is accomplished through a realistic case study in each chapter that emphasizes a variety of counseling skills. The diversity across world cultures come alive in the Storytelling feature that appears in each chapter, honoring the powerful oral tradition of storytelling. Readers see how the ideas explored can help clinicians improve their cultural competence and strengthen the therapeutic alliance. Individual chapters cover people from various backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities, including people with disabilities; transgendered clients; people with substance use, and people across the developmental pipeline. Attention is given to therapists who do and do not exhibit cultural competence; the positive and adverse impact on patients is explored COVER 1 TITLE PAGE 4 COPYRIGHT PAGE 5 BRIEF CONTENTS 6 DETAILED CONTENTS 8 PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION 16 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 23 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 24 PART I - THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND DIVERSITY 26 CHAPTER 1 - YOU, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, AND DIVERSITY IN MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE 28 CHPATER 2 - MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCIES: KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ATTITUDES 46 CHAPTER 3 - MULTIPLE IDENTITIES DEFINED 66 CHAPTER 4 - IDENTITIES AS STATUS 90 PART II - OUR PEOPLE 108 CHAPTER 5 - PEOPLE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE DESCENT 110 CHAPTER 6 - PEOPLE OF SPANISH AND LATINO DESCENT 128 CHAPTER 7 - PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT 148 CHAPTER 8 - PEOPLE OF ASIAN DESCENT, NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS 170 CHAPTER 9 - PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND ARAB DESCENT 194 CHAPTER 10 - PEOPLE OF EUROPEAN DESCENT 214 CHAPTER 11 - PEOPLE OF JEWISH DESCENT 232 PART III - CONVERGING IDENTITIES 252 CHAPTER 12 - CONVERGING RACE 254 CHAPTER 13 - CONVERGING BIRACIAL AND MULTIRACIAL IDENTITIES 274 CHAPTER 14 - CONVERGING GENDER 296 CHAPTER 15 - CONVERGING SEXUALITY 322 CHAPTER 16 - CONVERGING SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS 346 CHAPTER 17 - CONVERGING DISABILITY 366 CHAPTER 18 - CONVERGING SPIRITUALITY 386 CHAPTER 19 - CONVERGING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN DIVERSITY PRACTICE 404 EPILOGUE 424 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 426 INDEX 468 This practical resource offers behavioural health professionals a nuanced view of diversity beyond race, culture, and ethnicity to include and interrogate intersectionality among race, culture, gender, sexuality, age, class, nationality, religion, and disability.