Counseling Latinos and la familia provides an integrated approach to understanding Latino families and increasing competency for counselors and other mental health professional who work with Latinos and their families. It provides essential background information about the Latino population and the family unit, which is so central to Latino culture, including the diversity of various Spanish-speaking groups, socio-political issues, and changing family forms. The book also includes practical counseling strategies, focusing on the multicultural competencies approach.
قائمة المحتويات
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I. OVERVIEW
1. Understanding Latino Perspectives: The Multicultural Counseling Competencies
2. Understanding Latino Families: Historical and Sociopolitical Multicultural Contexts
3. Understanding Latino Families From Multiple Contexts: Essential Frames of Reference
4. Understanding Latino Families: Redefining Their Diversity
5. Understanding Latino Families in Transition
PART II. COUNSELING ISSUES AND INTERVENTION
6. Initial Stage of the Counseling Process: Issues and Alternative Strategies
7. The Middle and Last Stages of Counseling
8. Latino Family Counseling: Models of Helping
9. Future Directions
Appendix A: Selected Measures of Acculturation
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms
Appendix C: Culture-Centered Clinical Interview
Appendix D: Selected Bibliotherapy Resources
References
Index
About the Authors
عن المؤلف
Maritza Gallardo-Cooper obtained a BA from the University of Puerto Rico, an MA from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She is a school psychologist and marriage family therapist with over twenty-five years experience as a clinician in the private sector practicing in Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida. In addition, Dr. Gallardo-Cooper has supervised, developed, and directed a variety of mental health treatment programs in Florida. Currently, she is the program director of an outpatient clinic for a large consortium in Florida, a position she has held for the past twelve years. She was a member of the Hispanic Task Force in the 1978 President’s Commission of Mental Health and has been involved in numerous professional training programs al the local, state and national level in areas such as child and family therapy, marital interventions, Latino psychology, and organizational development. Dr. Gallardo-Cooper’s research interests focus on brief therapy models, treatment outcomes, biculturalism and bilingual therapy.
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