1st Edition

Working Inter-Culturally in Counselling Settings

Edited By Aisha Dupont-Joshua Copyright 2003
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

What does it mean to work inter-culturally? Our multi-cultural society is changing the parameters of counselling. Working Inter-Culturally in Counselling Settings explores how racial issues can be recognised and worked within a practical, clinical setting. The book looks at how the counselling setting can influence practice, and the book includes chapters in a range of settings, including: *... Read more
Dupont-Joshua, Introduction. McKenzie Mavinga, Creative Writing as Healing in Black Women's Groups. Ochieng, Working with an African Perspective in Counselling Practice. Wolfe, Vitebsky, Assumptions and Expectation: Adapting to Diverse Cultural Settings. Mohammad, Working with the Effects of Divorce on Asian Women in Northampton. Lawrence, Racial and Cultural Issues in Counselling Training. Williamson, Counselling and Cultural Diversity in Prison. Thomas, Working Interculturally with Probation and Forensic Clients. Arnold, Intercultural Counselling in a Social Services Setting. Igwe, The Impact of Multi-Cultural Issues on the Supervision Process.

Biography

Aisha Dupont-Joshua, originally from South Africa, is an inter-cultural therapist and trainer, teaching at Lambeth College, London and Southampton University. She has written extensively in the BACP Counselling Journal and has been editor of the RACE Multicultural Journal.