Multicultural Care

Lillian Comas-D amp iacute az, PhD, 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 publications, Dr. Comas-D amp iacute az is the coeditor of Clinical Guidelines in Cross-Cultural Mental Health (with Ezra Griffith, 988), Women of Color: Integrating Ethnic and Gender Identities in Psychotherapy (with Beverly Greene, 994), WomanSoul: The Inner Life of Women's Spirituality (with Carole A. Rayburn, 2 8), and Women Psychotherapists: Journeys in Healing (with Marcella Bakur Weiner, 2 ). She is the founding editor of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 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 American Psychologist. Dr. Comas-D amp iacute az is a past president of Psychologists in Independent Practice (Division 42 of APA) and former director of the APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs.

The book is well written and the content is strongly rooted in the most recent research available. The information is clearly and cogently presented and, vignettes are effectively used to demonstrate the applicability and use of the information within a clinical context. Its clinical value is enhanced by the fact that the vignettes that are contained in each chapter serve as the basis for the culturally appropriate strategies and recommendations that are presented throughout the book.(Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology) Multicultural Care makes it clear that achieving cultural competence is a complex, continuous and developmental learning process. The book gives strong rationale for building cultural competence, translates concepts into actions, teaches skills and informs future directions. Comas-D amp iacute az intended her book for graduate students, clinicians in training, novice therapists and seasoned practitioners, a wide audience to be sure, but all strongly advised to acquire and digest this needed and influential resource.(New England Psychologist)

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction. Multicultural Care in Clinical PracticeChapter . Cultural Self-Assessment: Knowing Others, Knowing YourselfChapter 2. Engagement: Telling StoriesChapter 3. Multicultural Assessment: Understanding Lives in ContextChapter 4. Cultural Analysis: Looking Through a Multicultural LensChapter 5. Multicultural Therapeutic Relationships: Seeing Yourself in the OtherChapter . Psychopharmacology and Psychological Testing: Engaging in Cultural Critical ThinkingChapter 7. Multicultural Treatment: Part . Fostering EmpowermentChapter 8. Multicultural Treatment: Part 2. Incorporating Culture-Specific HealingChapter 9. Multicultural Consciousness: Extending Cultural Competence Beyond the Clinical EncounterMemoirs of Culturally Diverse IndividualsResourcesGlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the Author