International Case Studies in Mental Health presents a variety of global cases from both developed and developing countries, detailing descriptions of the people who are seeking help to eliminate their distress and of the exceptional practitioners who provide the help. In most of the cases, the practitioner is someone who shares a similar heritage with her or his help seeker, and who is influenced at least partly by Western psychotherapy traditions. Each chapter also is a showcase of how scholars pair up with mental health practitioners to create a work that weaves together contextual and individual qualities to inform an understanding of the help-seeker and the intervention.
This book aims to help prepare both mental health trainees and practicing professionals to be effective in the provision of healing in their work with people in different regions of the world. Consequently, the authors hope to offer practitioners a glimpse of what can be achieved in these regions by people whose reputations within the respective communities are strong.
Table of Content
Foreword – Michael J. Stevens
Preface
Introduction: Toward an Inclusive International Psychology – Senel Poyrazli & Chalmer E. Thompson
1. The Case Study of Therapy with a Swiss Woman: An Action Theory Perspective – Ladislav Valach & Richard A. Young
2. Victim, Perpetrator, or BOTH?: A Child-Soldier′s Journey into Healing Wounds of War in Sierra Leone – Ani Kalayjian & Georgiana Sofletea
3. Counseling as Much More Than ‘Counselling’: A Case From Zimbabwe – Margaret Rukini, Chalmer E. Thompson, & Mmoja Ajabu
4. Bisexual Identity in a Traditional Culture: A Case Study from Turkey – Senel Poyrazli & Mehmet Eskin
5. Case Study of a Female Patient With Anxiety Disorder and Depression: Psychotherapy Within a Lebanese Cultural Framework – Brigitte Khoury
6. College Counseling in China: A Case Study – Changming Duan, Xiaoming Jia, & Yujia Lei
7. Counseling a Female Client from Korea: Applying the Han Counseling Model – Lawrence H.Gerstein, Young Soon Kim, & Tae Sun Kim
8. Mayan Cosmovision and Integrative Counseling: A Case Study From Guatemala – Andres J. Consoli, Maria de los Angeles Hernandez Tzaquitzal, & Andrea Gonzalez
9. Disaster Counseling: A Haitian Family Case Post January 12, 2010 Earthquake – Gargi Roysircar-Sodowsky
10. Mr. Paul T: A Black Man in America – Camille Clay & Chalmer E. Thompson
11. Working with a Chinese Immigrant with Severe Mental Illness: An Integrative Approach of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Multicultural Case Conceptualization – Munyi Shea & Frederick T.L. Leong
Concluding Remarks: What Can We Learn From Mental Health Practitioners Around the World? – Chalmer E. Thompson & Senel Poyrazli
About the author
In general, I study and develop theory about the psychological impacts of racism on people. More specifically, I study and try to help promote the ability of people to create the kind of change that is necessary in developing genuine, positive mental health and a more just society.
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