Full Description
This book is intended to sensitise psychotherapists, to strengthen practitioners' intercultural competence and to encourage them to form psychotherapeutic relationships with people with an immigration background who are suffering from mental health problems. In this context, intercultural psychotherapy refers to the therapeutic work between psychotherapists and patients who hail from different cultural contexts, which often considerably hampers language- and culture-based understanding. In the current context of globalisation and growing crises around the world, an increasing number of people with a migration background require psychotherapeutic treatment; as a result, intercultural psychotherapy may well become the rule rather than the exception. Psychotherapists are therefore challenged to adapt to such a context. Overcoming these barriers requires certain competencies such as working with a qualified interpreter. Contributions from international experts from the field of intercultural psychotherapy provide vital insights into the theory and practice of intercultural work with patients suffering from conditions such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, personality disorders and schizophrenic disorders. These interdisciplinary specialists describe their work, share valuable lessons learned, and put forward concrete recommendations.
Contents
1. Intercultural Psychotherapy; An Historical Perspective.- 2. The Current Role of Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 3. Standards in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 4. Using the Cultural Formulation Interview in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 5. The Significance of Intercultural Psychotherapy in Further Education and Professional Training.- 6. The Role of Language in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 7. The Role of the Interpreters in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 8. The Patient--Therapist Relationship in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 9. Cultural Competence in Psychotherapy.- 10. Adopting an Intercultural Perspective in Mental Healthcare.- 11. Intercultural Balint Work.- 12. Religion and Spirituality in Intercultural Therapy.- 13. Gender-Specific Aspects of Intercultural Psychotherapy for Traumatised Female Refugees.- 14. Ethical Aspects of Psychotherapy in Forced Migrants.- 15. Psychotherapy Using Electronic Media.- 16. Measuring the Outcomes of Intercultural Therapy.- 17. Global Perspectiveson the Teaching and Learning of Intercultural Psychotherapy.- Part I Insights into Special Target Groups.- 18. Ethnocultural Diversity in the Mind: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Non-Western Immigrants in the Netherlands.- 19. Psychotherapy for Africans with a Migration Background.- 20. Cultural Psychiatry and the Implementation of Transcultural Psychotherapy in China.- 21. Psychotherapy for Latin Americans.- 22. The Challenges of Interpreting in Psychotherapy: Interpreters Stand Apart.- 23. Psychotherapy in Japan.- 24. Psychotherapy for Indonesians.- 25. Psycho Social Interventions in Rehabilitation: An Intercultural Perspective.
