1st Edition

Psychotherapy and Culture Weaving Inner and Outer Worlds

By Zack Eleftheriadou Copyright 2010
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

this book focuses on cross-cultural relationships and examines how culture and racial factors manifest in the clinical setting. It discusses on how to work with both cross-cultural differentiation and integration.

Preface -- Introduction -- Culture, race, and identity: meanings and complexities -- Pre-transference, transference, and countertransference -- Barriers to cross-cultural work -- Clinical assessment -- The therapeutic relationship -- The psycho-social experiences of different immigrant groups and the multi-faceted migration journey -- A working model of a community based, culturally sensitive counselling service -- The stories of four Bosnian women -- Psychotherapeutic work with refugees: understanding the therapist's countertransference -- Psychodynamic considerations for diversity consultancy in organizations

Biography

Zack Eleftheriadou