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Multicultural counseling is a type of counseling where the therapist addresses the struggles of a client whose race, gender, socioeconomic background, religion, or any other part of their identity doesn't fit in with the majority. Minorities have a history of dealing with racism and oppression, and in this lens, a counselor that doesn't take ...
Patricia Arredondo (born July 16, 1945) is an American counseling psychologist, primarily recognized for her efforts in developing the area of multicultural counseling. [1] She has been recognized in the field of psychology for her contributions to the advancement of Ethnic Minority Psychology.
The case study was a literary piece that discusses cases of clinical counseling and psychotherapy. This work covers the various assessments and treatments of people in different populations. It contains contributions from practicing psychologists. It intended to empower other professions to take an interest in multicultural counseling. [3]
Apart from authoring multiple textbooks used in colleges, [12] he has written over 150 publications on various topics such as multicultural counseling and psychotherapy, psychology of racism and antiracism, cultural diversity, cultural competence, and multicultural organizational development, [3] but more specifically, multicultural ...
Kevin Cokley is an African-American counselling psychologist, academic and researcher. He is University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Associate Chair of Diversity Initiatives, Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Previously he was the Oscar and Anne Mauzy Regents Professor of Educational Research and ...
Helms work focuses on how race, culture and gender can influence one's personality and participating counseling styles. Her work is based in empirical evidence. Helms has studied how it is not the race or gender of the person that affects one's mental health. What affects mental health is the way that people who are in these categories are ...
Feminist therapy is a set of related therapies arising from what proponents see as a disparity between the origin of most psychological theories and the majority of people seeking counseling being female. It focuses on societal, cultural, and political causes and solutions to issues faced in the counseling process. It openly encourages the ...
Gay affirmative psychotherapy is a form of psychotherapy for non-heterosexual people, specifically gay and lesbian clients, which focuses on client comfort in working towards authenticity and self-acceptance regarding sexual orientation, and does not attempt to "change" them to heterosexual, or to "eliminate or diminish" same-sex "desires and behaviors".