Developing Multicultural Counseling Competency: A Systems Approach » (New Edition)

Danica G. Hays, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, is an assistant professor of counselor education at Old Dominion University. She has published several articles and book chapters related to qualitative methodology, assessment and diagnosis, trauma and gender issues, and multicultural and social justice concerns in counselor preparation and community mental health.

Bradley T Erford, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, is a professor in the school counseling program at Loyola University with primary teaching responsibilities in assessment, research, and lifespan development. He has held numerous professional leadership positions and published numerous books, articles and book chapters.

This text is an innovative, evidence-based approach to facilitating students’ journey to becoming multiculturally competent counselors. Comprehensive, thoughtful, and in-depth, Developing Multicultural Competence goes beyond general discussions of race and ethnicity to include discourse on a broader, more complex view of multiculturalism in clients’ and trainees’ lives.

Both scholarly and highly interactive, this new text strives to present trainees with empirically-based information about multicultural counseling and social advocacy paired with engaging self-reflective activities, discussion questions, case inserts, and study aids, creating opportunities for experiential learning related to cultural diversity considerations and social advocacy issues within clients’ social systems. Addressing CACREP (2001/2009) Standards related to the Social and Cultural Diversity core area, the book is broken into four parts: Part One covers key concepts and terms regarding multicultural constructs and cross-cultural communication; Part Two defines social advocacy and identifies the major forms of oppression; Part Three discusses the major cultural and diversity groups; and Part Four develops trainee skills for working with diverse clients, including infusing multiculturalism in how they conceptualize, evaluate, and treat these clients.

Abbreviated Table of Contents

Section I: The Foundations of Multicultural Counseling

Chapter 1: The Culturally Competent Counselor

Danica G. Hays and Amy L. McLeod

Chapter 2: Cultural Identity Development

Cheryl Moore-Thomas

Section II: Social Advocacy

Chapter 3: Social Justice Counseling

Catherine Y. Chang and Philip Gnilka

Chapter 4: Racism and White Privilege

Danica G. Hays and Marc Grimmett

Chapter 5: Gender and Sexism

Michael P. Chaney and John Marszalek

Chapter 6: Sexual Orientation and Heterosexism

Edward Cannon and Anneliese A. Singh

Chapter 7: Social Class and Classism

Kathryn S. Newton

Chapter 8: Disability, Ableism, and Ageism

Debra E. Berens

Section III: Counseling Multicultural Populations

Chapter 9: Individuals and Families of African Descent

Katherine M. Helm and Lawrence James

Chapter 10: Individuals and Families of Arab Descent

Sylvia C. Nassar-McMillan, Laura M. Gonzalez, and Rasha H. Mohamed

Chapter 11: Individuals and Families of Asian Descent

Arpana Inman and Alvin Alvarez

Chapter 12: Individuals and Families of Latin Descent

José Villalba

Chapter 13: Native Americans

Michael Tlanusta Garrett

Chapter 14: Individuals and Families of European Descent

H. George McMahon, Pamela Paisley, and Bogusa Molina

Chapter 15: Spiritual Diversity

Craig S. Cashwell

Section IV: Multicultural Conceptualization

Chapter 16: Alternative Approaches to Counseling Theories

Jonathan Orr

Chapter 17: Multicultural Diagnosis and Conceptualization

Karen Eriksen, Victoria E. Kress, Andrea Dixon, and Stephanie J. W. Ford

Chapter 18: Themes in Multicultural Counseling Theory, Practice and Research

Danica G. Hays and Tammi F. Milliken

References

Appendix A: Multicultural Counseling Competencies and Standards