Full Description
Collected for the first time, 16 pioneering papers by the most influential theorist and practitioner in the field of cross-cultural therapy.
Contents
INTRODUCTION PART A: Cross-Cultural Counseling The Search for a Universal Culture: Vontress' Vision of Cross-Cultural Counseling Lawrence Epp 1.Culture and Counselling; A Personal Perspective by Clemmont Vontress 2.Racial and Ethnic Barriers in Counseling by Clemmont Vontress 3. Counseling Middle-Aged and Aging Cultural Minorities by Clemmont Vontress 4. Social Class Influences on Counseling Clemmont Vontress 5. Cross-Cultural Counseling in the 21st Century by Clemmont Vontress PART B: Counseling African Americans Counseling African Americans: Clemmont Vontress' Pioneering Thoughts on a Black Psychology by Courtland C. Lee 6.The Negro against Himself by Clemmont Vontress 7.The Breakdown of Authority: Implications for Counseling Young African American Males by Clemmont Vontress 8.Historical Hostility in the African American Client: Implications for Counseling by Clemmont Vontress and Lawrence Epp 9.Cultural Dysthymia: An Unrecognized Disorder among African Americans? by Clemmont Vontress, Charles Woodland and Lawrence Epp PART C: Existentialism and Cross-Cultural Counseling Existential Counseling: The Heart of Clemmont Vontress' Thought Lawrence Epp 10. Existential Anxiety: Implications for Counseling Clemmont Vontress 11. An Existential Approach to Cross-Cultural Counseling by Clemmont Vontress 12. On Becoming an Existential Cross-Cultural Counselor by Clemmont Vontress 13. Existential Therapy by Clemmont Vontress Part D: Traditional Healers and Healing. Traditional Healing: A Culmination of Clemmont Vontress's Ideas by Humair Yusuf 14. Traditional Healing in Africa: Implications for Cross-Cultural Counseling by Clemmont Vontress 15.Interview with a Traditional African Healer by Clemmont Vontress 16. Animism: Foundation of Traditional Healing in Sub-Saharan Africa Clemmont Vontress PART E: Clemmont Vontress in an International Context 17: Situating Multicultural Counselling in the Canadian Cultural Context: A Reflection on Clemmont Vontress' Works by Ben C. H. Kuo 18: Clemmont Vontress in the Caribbean: Changing Times and Revolutions by Omowale Ameleru-Marshall 19: Counselling in Francophone Africa: A Reflection on Clemmont Vontress' legacy by Lonzozou Kpanake 20: Clemmont Vontress' Cross-cultural and Humanistic-Existential Approaches: Its Relevance to Counseling Diverse South African Communities by Edmarie Pretorius, Sharon Moonsamy and Gillian Eagle 21: Approaching Therapy across Cultures: Clemmont Vontress from a British Perspective by Colin Lago 22: Individual Identity, Psychosocial Conditions, and Existential Anxiety: Vontress in the Context of the U.S.A. by Gargi Roysircar and Jessica Mayo
