The underutilization of mental health services by Latinos has been a growing concern in
research and clinical practice. This has become increasingly important as the population of …

Because psychotherapy has largely been the product of Western culture, it has tended to
emphasize individualism in that the self is usually defined as separate from a collective …

This 3rd edition of the Counseling The Culturally Different: Theory and Practice continues
the legacy of scholarly excellence without sacrificing its provocative," hard-hitting," intense …

This study investigated services received, length of treatment, and outcomes of thousands of
Asian-American, African-American, Mexican-American, and White clients using outpatient …

We are fast becoming a multicultural, multiracial, and multilingual society. Such
demographic changes are having a major impact on economic, social, legal, political …

The present study compared the return rate, length of treatment, and treatment outcome of
ethnic minority adults who received services from ethnicity-specific or mainstream programs …

Some tension appears to exist in the literature between the emic, or culturally specific, and
etic, or universal, approaches to counseling with culturally different clients. Prompted by the …

Though important strides have been made in the last three decades in the research efforts
on African Americans, there continues to be a lack of significant new understanding about …

Despite the increasing prevalence of interethnic marriages, remarkably little empirical
literature exists for guiding clinical interventions offered to these couples. This study …

Focuses on practicing family therapy with different types of families. The authors examine
current family structures and living arrangements, detail common problem areas from a …