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Counseling Latinos and la familia provides an integrated approach to understanding Latino families and increasing competency for counsellors 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 counselling strategies, focusing on the multicultural competencies approach
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Azara L. Santiago-Rivera, Ph.D, is an Associate Professor, and holds academic appointments in the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Departments, and the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, Division of Counseling Psychology at the University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York. She earned a doctorate in Counseling from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. She is a National Certified Counselor and has held leadership positions within the counseling profession. She served as Vice President of the Latino Interest Network of the Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), and President of Counselor's for Social Justice (CSJ) within the American Counseling Association. Her publications and research interests include bilingual therapy, health and the environment, and stress and coping. She has presented on these topics at major conferences, and published in such journals as the Journal of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, and the Journal of Counseling and Development, including book chapters.
