Culturally Alert Counseling: A Comprehensive Introduction is a reader-friendly introduction to the cultural dimensions of counseling and psychotherapy. Editor Garrett McAuliffe, along with international experts in their fields, provides an accessible presentation of culturally alert counseling techniques that broadens the discussion of culture from ethnicity and race to include social class, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.
Constructivist, Developmental, and Experiential Approaches
Published in cooperation with the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) This definitive single-volume guide is the first of its kind on teaching and developing counselor educator programs that embrace constructivist and developmental theory. Leading scholars and experts offer practical advice on teaching courses in every area of counseling practice. As a result, the book is ideal for current and future counselor educators and supervisors as well as faculty in other helping professions. The authors seek to inspire educators to empower and involve, to risk "losing control" over subject matter, to hear student voices, to pose dilemmas, and to challenge their own assumptions in the presence of their students using constructivist, developmental, and experiential thinking and strategies. Key Features: Coverage of the foundations of constructivist and developmental teaching in Part One includes the pedagogies of the classic thinkers in the teaching field, namely John Dewey, Lawrence Kohlberg, and David Kolb, explicit guidelines for teaching, the phases of counselor development, and a primer on six common teaching strategies. Carefully-crafted guides for teaching in 17 content areas in the counselor education curriculum provide readers with practical "how to" information. Innovative ideas for counselor education in Part Three offer readers keys to evaluating outcomes in counselor education, expanding technology in the field, and boldly infusing narrative theory into counselor education. Exercises in constructivist, developmental, and experiential approaches appear in chapters to give readers an opportunity to apply what they have just learned.
Now, for the first time, students, instructors and practitioners can view actual video clips of culturally alert counseling in practice with this high-quality DVD and resource guide. Resource Guide-Key Practices in Culturally Alert Counseling: A Demonstration of Skills brings the content of the companion textbook Culturally Alert Counseling to life. Together, the DVD and resource guide provide students and busy professionals with the visual tools they need to understand key practice considerations when dealing with culturally diverse clients. Key Features Demonstrates issues faced by individuals from different cultures: The video segments touch on issues facing an African American woman in the workforce, a Latino couple in family counseling, a conservative Christian woman struggling with her faith, and an Asian American young adult facing acculturation challenges. Illustrates key skills discussed in the text: Actual practices covered include practicing culturally sensitive diagnosis, highlighting racial/ethnic strengths, creating a welcoming environment, adapting language to meet the clients, listening with empathy, and more. Brings culturally alert counseling to a whole new level: This is the first comprehensive guide to culturally alert counseling that is readable and experiential.
