Health care practitioners are encouraged to “know the cultures” of the multicultural client
population they are serving in the United States. The premise behind this injunction is that …

Human behavior occurs in the contexts of culture and community. Yet, clinical psychology
has traditionally focused on the individual, neglecting the individual's context. The purpose …

The purpose of this book is to describe cultural clinical psychology with a view toward
providing a meaningful integration of the fields of clinical psychology and cross-cultural …

Why is it so difficult to provide quality mental health care for multicultural populations? How
can quality care be achieved? Understanding Cultural Identity in Intervention and …

This article examines the role of cultural knowledge and culture-specific techniques in the
psychotherapeutic treatment of ethnic minority-group clients. Recommendations that …

Cultural competency in the delivery of mental health services has gained considerable
momentum. This momentum has been accompanied by questions about the meaning …

This article is based on the author's address at the National Multicultural Conference and
Summit III in Los Angeles, California, in January 2003. The author focuses on culture as a …

Cultural diversity has always been a fact of life, nowhere more so than in the unique melting
pot of US society. Respecting and understanding that diversity is an important--and …

Three broad approaches to the development of culturally sensitive therapy programs were
uncovered in the mental health literature on Hispanic populations: first, rendering traditional …

Culture controls our lives and defines reality for each of us, with or without our permission
and/or intentional awareness. A" culture-centered" approach to counseling recognizes …