The Concept of Race and Psychotherapy

• Main Author: Fish, Jefferson M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Clinical psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.

Is our society color-blind? Trans-racial? Post-racial? And what—if anything—should this mean to professionals in clinical practice with diverse clients? The ambitious volume The Concept of Race and Psychotherapy probes these questions, compelling readers to look differently at their clients (and the...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• The Myth of Race
• The Spread of the Race Meme
• How Anthropology Can Help Psychology
• Divided Loyalties and the Responsibility of Social Scientists
• The Conservative-Liberal Alliance against Freedom
• Sociocultural Theory and Therapy
• Common Elements in Therapy and Healing across Cultures
• Discontinuous Change
• Does Problem Behavior Just Happen?
• Prevention, Solution Focused Therapy, and the Illusion of Mental Disorders
• Strategic Thoughts about Solution-Focused Therapy
• A Cross-Cultural View of Solution Focused Therapy
• References
• Credits
• Index.