Authors: John A. Axelson, Axelson
ISBN-13: 9780534344900, ISBN-10: 0534344909
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Date Published: June 1998
Edition: 3rd Edition
Unique in its broad focus on the social, historical, and developmental aspects of different cultures, the third edition of John Axelson's popular book gives students a multifaceted understanding of people and issues affecting multicultural counseling in contemporary America. Comprehensive and objective, the book's topics have been selected and integrated from a variety of disciplines (psychology, sociology, political science, and history) to offer today's human service professionals a realistic look at cultures in contemporary America, and the practice of counseling.
Ch. 1 | Culture and Counseling | 2 |
Ch. 2 | The Culture of the Counselor | 35 |
Ch. 3 | Profiles of the American People: Native Americans, Anglo-Americans, European Ethnic Americans | 68 |
Ch. 4 | Profiles of the American People: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans | 110 |
Ch. 5 | Social Political Issues | 166 |
Ch. 6 | Education and Achievement | 205 |
Ch. 7 | Work and Career Development | 238 |
Ch. 8 | Social and Personal Growth | 283 |
Ch. 9 | Traditional Approaches to Counseling and Psychotherapy | 352 |
Ch. 10 | Eclectic and Synergetic Approaches to Counseling and Psychotherapy | 389 |
Ch. 11 | The Interaction of Counselor and Client | 427 |
App. A | Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations | 469 |
App. B | Major American Value Orientations | 475 |
References | 477 | |
Name Index | 508 | |
Subject Index | 515 |