{"product_id":"multicultural-care-a-clinicians-guide-to-cultural-competence-9781433844072","title":"Multicultural Care: A Clinician's Guide to Cultural Competence","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Care\u003c\/i\u003e, now in paperback, offers a comprehensive, practical approach for enhancing a clinician's understanding of clients' contexts, developing a multicultural therapeutic relationship, and adapting a healing approach to one's clients' needs. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each chapter demonstrates the application of cultural competence to a different aspect of clinical practice: self-awareness, assessment, engagement, treatment, psychopharmacology and testing, folk healing, and general multicultural consciousness. Ample clinical vignettes are provided, along with clear, easy-to-remember tools for integrating multicultural sensitivity into clinical practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Importantly, the book draws on research and the APA Multicultural Guidelines to support the models and principles, which are illustrated with clinical material. This book is a must-read for all clinicians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLillian Comas-Díaz, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, is a clinical psychologist in full-time private practice and a clinical professor in the George Washington University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Previously, she was a faculty member of the Yale University Department of Psychiatry, where she also directed its Hispanic Clinic. The author of more than 100 publications, Dr. Comas-Díaz is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eClinical Guidelines in Cross-Cultural Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ezra Griffith, 1988), \u003ci\u003eWomen of Color: Integrating Ethnic and Gender Identities in Psychotherapy \u003c\/i\u003e(with Beverly Greene, 1994), \u003ci\u003eWomanSoul: The Inner Life of Women's Spirituality\u003c\/i\u003e (with Carole A. Rayburn, 2008), and \u003ci\u003eWomen Psychotherapists: Journeys in Healing\u003c\/i\u003e (with Marcella Bakur Weiner, 2011). She is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eCultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e, the official journal of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minorities Issues (Division 45 of APA). In addition, she serves on several editorial boards and is an associate editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Psychologist\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Comas-Díaz is a past president of Psychologists in Independent Practice (Division 42 of APA) and former director of the APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"American Psychological Association (APA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727560839442,"sku":"9781433844072","price":75.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_76bb818f-1222-4c17-abe0-eaf6c455b002.jpg?v=1734913352","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/multicultural-care-a-clinicians-guide-to-cultural-competence-9781433844072","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}