Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practice with Nonreligious Clients

The first text to provide counselors and therapists with research, techniques, and skills for culturally-responsive practice with intersectional nonreligious clients and patients, who represent one of the fastest-growing - yet unacknowledged and ignored - demographic groups in the helping professions.

About the author

Dena Abbott is a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Nebraska and an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln’s Counseling Psychology program. Funded by the Explaining Atheism program, she co-created “Unbelief Within Marginalized Communities,” a project aimed at understanding the causal origins of nonbelief among diverse atheists. She has published several journal articles related to the mental health of nonreligious U.S. Americans. She is dedicated to destigmatizing atheism, highlighting the strengths of nonbelievers, and promoting equity for nonreligious people. You can follow her work on X @DrDenaAbbott and at drdenaabbott.com.

Product details

• Authors: Dena Abbott
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9798216277842
• ISBN: 979-8-216-27784-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, EDUCATION / Counseling / General, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy: counselling, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology