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Black Americans' Strengths-Based Cultural Practices: Tools for Clinicians to Promote Psychological Well-Being uses historical, social, scientific, and psychological research to detail how mental health professionals can use the cultural practices of Black Americans and communities to promote positive psychosocial health.
List of contents
Chapter 1 - The State of Black America
Chapter 2 - The State of Black Americans' Mental Health
Chapter 3 - Black American Culture and the Debate about What it is or is Not
Chapter 4 - Digging Deeper into Black Americans' African Cultural Legacy: Reference Group Identity and Socialization
Chapter 5 - Black American Cultural Legacy: Parents and Community Teaching About Race
Chapter 6 - The Community and its Value
Chapter 7 - Cultural Spirituality and Racism-Related Coping
Chapter 8 - Review of the Black Cultural Strengths Clinical and Research literature
Chapter 9 - Clinical Considerations in the Application of Black American Cultural Strengths to Mental Health Care
Chapter 10 - Applications of Black American Cultural Strengths in Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Case Illustration
Chapter 11 - Employing Black American Cultural Values: Training Guidelines for Mental Health Professionals
Chapter 12 - Emerging Issues for Mental Health Policy and Services for Black Americans
About the author
Robert T. Carter, Ph.D. is professor emeritus of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Alex L. Pieterse, PhD is an associate professor and director of the Institute for the Study of Race and Culture at Boston College.
Jessica M. Forsyth, PhD is a licensed psychologist and senior associate at Robert T. Carter & Associates, an expert witness practice specializing in the assessment of racial trauma, where she has consulted on a variety of civil and criminal cases for 15 years.
Summary
Black Americans' Strengths-Based Cultural Practices: Tools for Clinicians to Promote Psychological Well-Being uses historical, social, scientific, and psychological research to detail how mental health professionals can use the cultural practices of Black Americans and communities to promote positive psychosocial health.
