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Mudita Rastogi, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University, Chicago, and is in private practice in Arlington Heights, Illinois. She obtained her Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Texas Tech University, and her Master's degree, in Psychology, from University of Bombay. Dr. Rastogi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Clinical Member of AAMFT, and an Approved Supervisor. She has published in the areas of family and couple therapy, cross-cultural and gender issues, intergenerational relationships, practice issues and South Asian families. Her clinical interests also include adolescents, domestic violence, trauma, and EMDR. Dr. Rastogi serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and Journal of Systemic Therapies. She frequently presents workshops nationally and internationally. Dr. Rastogi has over fifteen years of clinical experience in both India and the United States with a highly diverse client population. She also maintains an interest in partnering with grassroots, not-for-profit organizations.

Elizabeth Wieling, Ph.D. Research interests involve the development of culturally sensitive and effective clinical interventions, cross-cultural therapy and supervision, inter-cultural couple relationships, and issues related to the status of women, including their mental health, family relationships, education, economic well-being, and political influence in the United States and abroad.

I am currently investigating the cultural adaptation processes involved in modifying an evidence based parenting treatment program to better fit the cultural characteristicsof a sample of at-risk Latina single mothers and children. Specifically, I am analyzing the Parenting Through Change parenting intervention developed at the Oregon Social Learning Center for its cultural relevance using an Ecological Cultural Model. I am examining the dimensions and specific cultural processes to be modified and integrated into the culturally adapted intervention, which will be manualized for later implementation. Experimental groups comprised of the standard and culturally adapted parenting interventions will be implemented to further understand issues related to study effectiveness and efficacy with this population. This study is being conducted as part of a 5-year Career Development Award funded by the National Institute on Mental Health.

Therapists and teachers of color in the US, and some from other countries, recount their experiences as marriage and family therapists, and mental health professionals in general. They discuss identity and professional development, ethnicity and race in the therapy room and classroom, and interventions and approaches based on theory and research. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR