Counseling Persons of African Descent
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Counseling Persons of African Descent

Raising the Bar of Practitioner Competence

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Counseling Persons of African Descent

Raising the Bar of Practitioner Competence

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Though important strides have been made in the last three decades in the research efforts on African Americans, there continues to be a lack of significant new understanding about the impact of the African American culture on the therapy process and dynamics. This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the counseling literature pertaining to African American clients. Specifically, the analysis includes a review of the different variables (client, counselor, counseling process, and assessment) that have received the bulk of research attention. This sets the stage for the presentation of a counseling model for African American clients. The authors discuss philosophical premises upon which the model is based and suggest specific counseling strategies and interventions related to the model. Case study material is integrated throughout the chapters, focusing on individual and group approaches.

This volume is an important work for counseling professionals as well as for students in social work and counseling programs.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2002
ISBN
9781452262499
Edition
1
Topic
Psicologia
Subtopic
Storia e teoria della psicologia

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Series Editor's Introduction
  4. Preface
  5. Foreword
  6. Chapter 1 - Counseling African Americans: The Current State of Affairs
  7. Case Study
  8. Historical Overview
  9. Assessment of Personal and Collective Debilitations
  10. Summary
  11. Chapter 2 - African-Centered Psychology: Basic Principles
  12. Introduction
  13. Basic Principles in African-Centered Psychology
  14. Summary
  15. Chapter 3 - Understanding African American Mental Health: The Necessity of New Conceptual Paradigms
  16. The Ethnicity Factor in Psychotherapy
  17. New Conceptual Paradigms
  18. Summary
  19. Chapter 4 - Understanding Personality and How to Measure It
  20. Culture
  21. The African Personality
  22. Internal Dimensions
  23. External Dimensions
  24. Assessing the African Personality
  25. Alternate Conceptual Frameworks
  26. Conceptual Scheme for Counseling African Descent Clients
  27. Chapter 5 - Reconceptualizing the Notion of Self From the African Deep Structure
  28. Introduction
  29. African Philosophy
  30. African Concept of the Person
  31. The Study of Nature (Physics' Relation to African Psychology)
  32. Four Questions
  33. WD AhoDden: To Be Healthy
  34. Healthy AhoDden (Energy)
  35. Yare (To Be Sick)-Maafa Destructive Interference
  36. Nya AhoDden (To Be Healed)—Reconstructive Interference
  37. Chapter 6 - African-Centered Conceptualizations of Self and Consciousness: The Akan Model
  38. Akan Conceptualization of the Person and Consciousness
  39. Ontological and Epistemological Tenets
  40. Components of Self
  41. Human Consciousness and the Significance of Sunsum
  42. Clinical Relevance
  43. Conclusion
  44. Chapter 7 - Counseling Models for African Americans: The What and How of Counseling
  45. The Role and Task of Helpers and Healers
  46. Therapeutic Intervention
  47. Connecting With Clients
  48. Assessment
  49. Facilitating Awareness
  50. Setting Goals
  51. Taking Action and Instigating Change
  52. Feedback and Accountability
  53. Summary
  54. Chapter 8 - Counseling African American Fathers: A Program for Active Involvement
  55. Social Science and Black Men
  56. Adolescent Fathers
  57. Involved African American Fathers
  58. The Program
  59. Case Study
  60. Discussion
  61. Chapter 9 - Raising the Bar for What Passes as Competence
  62. Raising the Bar for What Passes as Competence
  63. The Circumference of Our Experience
  64. Appendix
  65. References
  66. Index
  67. About the Editor
  68. About the Authors