1st Edition

Psychotherapy and Culture Weaving Inner and Outer Worlds

By Zack Eleftheriadou Copyright 2010
    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