Multicultural Practice and Evaluation addresses the growing imperative for multicultural awareness in the helping professions. This book provides innovative strategies to assimilate practice theories to diverse family structures from a variety of cultural backgrounds. The text emphasizes evidence-based practices and provides counseling dialogues for role-play, evaluation methods, and topics for discussion. It highlights applicable techniques in each chapter, using a standardized case throughout, to provide therapeutic demonstrations of how theories are put into action. By applying multiple theories to a single practice example, the text facilitates a holistic practice–evaluation perspective. By varying the racial background and family structure of the case example, the practice–evaluation approach will give students the tools necessary to assess the efficacy of an approach tailored for each specific family structure.

Special Features

• Application of clinical practice techniques with active client–worker dialogues
• Analysis of techniques applied in multicultural counseling settings
• Step-by-step illustration of evaluative measurements and methods in practice

Contents

Part One THE PRACTICE-EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
Chapter 1: Working with Multicultural Families
Chapter 2: The Case Approach: Purpose and Process
Chapter 3: Practitioners as Practice Evaluators
Part Two PRACTICES WITH CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Chapter 4: Psychodynamic Theory
Chapter 5: Adlerian Theory
Chapter 6: Family Systems Theory
Chapter 7: Structural Theory
Chapter 8: Client-Centered Theory
Chapter 9: Gestalt Theory
Chapter 10: Strategic Theory
Chapter 11: Behavioral Theory
Chapter 12: Cognitive–Behavioral Theory
Chapter 13: Feminist/Empowerment Theory
Chapter 14: Solution-Focused Approach
Part Three MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY
Chapter 15: Developing Multicultural Competency

432 pages
2008/paperback/ISBN 978-0-89108-333-7
$68.00