Culture, Psychotherapy, and Counseling : Critical and Integrative Perspectives / edited by Lisa Tsoi Hoshmand.

1. Introduction Thinking through culture / Lisa Tsoi Hoshmand Culture and the field of psychotherapy and counseling / Lisa Tsoi Hoshmand

2. Therapist Accounts: Reflection, Critique, and Integration Counselling and psychotherapy as cultural work / John McLeod The felt sense as avenue of human experiencing for integrative growth / Doralee Grindler Katonah Integrating the world's psychologies / William L. Mikulas Hawaiian psychology / William C. Rezentes III Toward a feminist ecological awareness / Dana Becker A woman's view of clinical trauma theory and therapy / Susan H. Gere Hermeneutics and the moral dimension of psychotherapy / John Chambers Christopher Cultural conflict, values, and relational learning in psychotherapy / Del Loewenthal

3. Conclusion Summary and conclusion / Lisa Tsoi Hoshmand.

Culture, Psychotherapy, and Counseling: Critical and Integrative Perspectives takes a comprehensive approach to culture as it relates to psychological practice. By viewing psychotherapy and counseling as a science-based cultural enterprise, this book expands the understanding of culture in terms of the politics of identity, symbolic and practice meanings, moral ontology, and global realities. Editor Lisa Tsoi Hoshmand brings together a diverse group of contributing authors to present different accounts and case examples of their work as practitioners to illustrate the integration of the personal with the professional. A variety of theoretical and clinical issues are discussed, including psychological trauma, depression, chronic illness, and other problems presented by clients for whom a culturally informed practice is essential.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.