Elements of Culture in Counseling - Softcover

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Courtland C. Lee is a professor of Counselor Education in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services at the University of Maryland, College Park. He earned a Ph.D. in counseling from Michigan State University, an M.S. degree in guidance and counseling from Hunter College of the City University of New York, and a B.A. in history and secondary education from Hofstra University. He is the editor of Multicultural Issues in Counseling: New Approaches to Diversity (American Counseling Association, 2006) and is also the author of numerous books and articles concerning the process and outcome of cross-cultural and multicultural counseling.

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Elements of Culture in Counseling: Foundations & Practice represents an innovative departure from the majority of multicultural counseling texts. Unlike other more traditional texts, this book considers a wider perspective of important multicultural counseling concepts rather than presenting information on counseling to specific cultural groups. Within this fresh and more inclusive context, this text takes both students and instructors beyond the surface of race and ethnicity and on to an in-depth exploration of the central and broad concepts vital to counseling across all cultures.

Special Features Include:

• A focus on the central concepts of multicultural counseling, as opposed to a group approach focused on counseling specific cultures.
• Taking it Further focus questions at the end of each chapter that allow students to analyze, synthesize, discuss, and retain what they have just read.
• Case Studies that present real-life examples that clearly illustrate the concepts and insights discussed in each chapter and show how these concepts translate into situations outside of the classroom.
• An innovative chapter dedicated to the socioeconomic realities of counseling that helps students understand the increasing depth and complexity of multicultural counseling.