‘A must-read book for all mental health professionals wanting to
keep up with today’s most important clients…practical, concrete,
hands-on details from firsthand experts on ethnic
populations.’
–Richard Suinn, Ph D, Colorado State University, Past president
(1999), American Psychological Association
The rich mosaic of racial and ethnic diversity defines our society
now more than ever. For students and professional psychologists,
this translates into a critical need to address a range of cultural
diversity issues, as well as potential biases.
Recently, the American Psychological Association (APA) recognized
the importance of cultural competence for psychologists through its
adoption of its Multicultural Guidelines. Applying those guidelines
to real-world practice is both complex and challenging. Only one
text brings it all into sharp focus: Strategies for Building
Multicultural Competence in Mental Health and Educational
Settings.
Edited and written by renowned multicultural experts, this
informative guide is full of concrete strategies and case examples,
all geared toward achieving the goal of culturally competent
practice. Chapter by chapter, it uses a variety of practice
modalities in various settings to help all mental health
professionals increase their familiarity and compliance with the
APA Multicultural Guidelines.
Beginning with a useful summary of the APA guidelines, Strategies
for Building Multicultural Competence in Mental Health and
Educational Settings covers the guidelines’ relevance to:
* Individual and group counseling
* Couples and family counseling
* Career counseling with people of color
* Independent practice settings
* Multicultural consultations and organizational change
* Academic mental health training settings
* Clinical and hospital settings
* College counseling center settings
* Elementary and secondary school settings
This timely reference also considers building multicultural
competence around indigenous healing practices; in clinical
supervision contexts; and in culturally sensitive research. Taken
together, the book is a much-needed blueprint for making culturally
informed decisions, explaining how the multicultural initiatives
you implement today can he’p shape the field’s future.
Table of Content
Foreword (Allen E. Ivey).
Preface.
Contributors.
Part I: Overview of the American Psychological
Association’s Multicultural Guidelines: Implications for
Multicultural Competence.
1 The American Psychological Association’s Guidelines on
Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and
Organizational Psychology: Initial Development and Summary (Madonna
G. Constantine and Derald Wing Sue).
Part II: Applying the Multicultural Guidelines in Clinical
Practice.
2 Culturally Sensitive Assessment, Diagnosis, and Guidelines
(Gargi Roysircar).
3 Using the Multicultural Guidelines in Individual and Group
Counseling Situations (Edward A. Delgado-Romero, Jessica Barfield,
Benetta Fairley, and Rebecca S. Martínez).
4 Using the Multicultural Guidelines in Couples and Family
Counseling (George V. Gushue, David E. Greenan, and Sarah J.
Brazaitis).
5 Applying the Multicultural Guidelines to Career Counseling
with People of Color (Lisa Y. Flores, Yi-Jiun Lin, and Yu-Ping
Huang).
6 Independent Practice Settings and the Multicultural Guidelines
(Melba J. T. Vasquez).
7 Building Multicultural Competence around Indigenous Healing
Practices (Linda James Myers, Ezemenari M. Obasi, Monica Jefferson,
Michelle Anderson, Tamara Godfrey, and Jason Purnell).
Part III: Applying the Multicultural Guidelines to
Educational, Training, and Organizational Settings.
8 Academic Mental Health Training Settings and the Multicultural
Guidelines (Jeffery Scott Mio).
9 Multicultural Competencies in Clinic and Hospital Settings
(Jairo N. Fuertes, Alexa Mislowack, and Sharon Mintz).
10 Using the Multicultural Guidelines in College Counseling
Centers (Ruperto M. Perez, Mary A. Fukuyama, and Nancy C.
Coleman).
11 Application of the Multicultural Guidelines to Psychologists
Working in Elementary and Secondary Schools (Mai M. Kindaichi and
Madonna G. Constantine).
12 Building Multicultural Competence in Clinical Supervision
(Marie L. Miville, Dinelia Rosa, and Madonna G. Constantine).
13 Effective Multicultural Consultation and Organizational
Development (Derald Wing Sue and Madonna G. Constantine).
Part IV: The Multicultural Guidelines and Culturally
Sensitive Research.
14 Culturally Sensitive Research: Where Have We Gone Wrong and
What Do We Need to Do Now? (Janet Chang and Stanley Sue).
15 Conducting Quantitative Research in a Cultural Context:
Practical Applications for Research with Ethnic Minority
Populations (Shawn O. Utsey, Rheeda L. Walker, and Naa Oyo A.
Kwate).
16 Conducting Culturally Sensitive Qualitative Research (Devika
Dibya Choudhuri).
Part V: Concluding Thoughts
17 Future Considerations for Fostering Multicultural Competence
in Mental Health and Educational Settings: Social Justice
Implications (Sally M. Hage).
Author Index.
Subject Index.
About the author
Madonna G. Constantine, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology
and Education in the Department of Counseling and Clinical
Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She serves as
Director of the Teachers College Winter Roundtable on Cultural
Psychology and Education and is a highly esteemed researcher in the
area of multicultural counseling.
Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology and
Education in the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology
at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the author of
several books related to multicultural counseling, including
Counseling the Culturally Diverse, Fourth Edition (with David Sue),
and several undergraduate texts on abnormal psycohlogy (with David
and Stanley Sue).
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