Cultural Psychotherapy

Working With Culture in the Clinical Encounter

By (author) Karen M. Seeley

Publication date:

01 December 1999

Length of book:

284 pages

Publisher

Jason Aronson, Inc.

ISBN-13: 9780765702241

This innovative book provides therapists with a practical guide for treating patients from other cultures. Basing her material on extensive clinical work with patients from many ethnic backgrounds, Dr. Seeley shares insights on the problems of using a second language, recognizing cultural material presented in sessions, and making specific changes in clinical practice to accommodate cultural differences. This is a timely and well-conceived model of psychotherapy that enhances cross-cultural clinical work.
One of the few [books] that successfully combines anthropological and psychological perspectives on clinical work. . . . It is written in plain language for psychotherapy practitioners at all levels of training.