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Focusing on the understanding and counseling of clients in multicultural settings and at various stages in life, this textbook discusses the counselor's cultural identity, multicultural human growth and development, professional issues, and the treatment of clients with various backgrounds. Particular attention is given to counseling African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans, and lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients. Baruth teaches at the Appalachian State University. Manning teaches at Old Dominion University.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Written to explore the lives and potential counseling problems of African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, European American, and Native American populations, this book considers the powerful influences of a client's developmental stage and cultural background. It maintains that integrating multicultural and lifespan considerations are crucial to counseling effectiveness. The authors advocate an understanding of individual differences—cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, and individual—in order for counselors to use existing strategies to their best advantage. Includes coverage on intervening with clients from counseling specific groups during various lifespan stages, and professional issues/future directions of the multicultural counseling field. It provides readers with an awareness of gender issues, how counseling issues differ for various age groups as well as providing current information related to counseling people with disabilities. For professionals in the field of counseling.

The publisher, Prentice-Hall Career & Technology
The lifespan perspective that provides a framework for the text reflects the current emphasis on lifespan development and stresses the fact that mental health issues and counseling problems differ form children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. It also recognizes the importance of the prenatal months on an individual's development and calls attention to the often dismal realities of prenatal health care.

From the Back Cover
Written to explore the lives and potential counseling problems of African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, European American, and Native American populations, this book considers the powerful influences of a client's developmental stage and cultural background. It maintains that integrating multicultural and lifespan considerations are crucial to counseling effectiveness. The authors advocate an understanding of individual differences—cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, and individual—in order for counselors to use existing strategies to their best advantage. Includes coverage on intervening with clients from counseling specific groups during various lifespan stages, and professional issues/future directions of the multicultural counseling field. It provides readers with an awareness of gender issues, how counseling issues differ for various age groups as well as providing current information related to counseling people with disabilities. For professionals in the field of counseling.

ANNOTATION

Incl. the counselor's cultural identity; gender perspectives; religious counseling interventions etc.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Written to explore the lives and potential counseling problems of African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, European American, and Native American populations, this book considers the powerful influences of a client's developmental stage and cultural background. It maintains that integrating multicultural and lifespan considerations are crucial to counseling effectiveness. The authors advocate an understanding of individual differences—cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, and individual—in order for counselors to use existing strategies to their best advantage. Includes coverage on intervening with clients from counseling specific groups during various lifespan stages, and professional issues/future directions of the multicultural counseling field. It provides readers with an awareness of gender issues, how counseling issues differ for various age groups as well as providing current information related to counseling people with disabilities. For professionals in the field of counseling.

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Focusing on the understanding and counseling of clients in multicultural settings and at various stages in life, this textbook discusses the counselor's cultural identity, multicultural human growth and development, professional issues, and the treatment of clients with various backgrounds. Particular attention is given to counseling African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans, and lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients. Baruth teaches at the Appalachian State University. Manning teaches at Old Dominion University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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