Connecting Across Cultures

Pamela Hays holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hawaii, a B.A. in psychology from New Mexico State University, and a certificate in French from La Sorbonne in Paris, France.  From 1987 through 1988, she served as an NIMH postdoctoral fellow at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.  From 1989 through 2000, she worked as core faculty member of the graduate psychology program at Antioch University in Seattle. In 2000, she returned to her home town on the Kenai Peninsula (Alaska) where she has since worked in community mental health, private practice, and with the Kenaitze Tribe′s Nakenu Family Center. Her research has included work with Tunisian women in North Africa, and Vietnamese, Lao, and Cambodian people in the U.S. Pam lives in Kasilof, Alaska, which has a population of 500 people and several thousand moose.  She provides consultation and teaches workshops internationally.

For use in MA level Social and Cultural Diversity class and doctoral level Multicultural Issues in counseling - extremely useful book for stimulating discussion and providing in-class activities to help make concepts relevant to clinical practice.

• Introduction1. Diversity Is Unavoidable, and That′s a Good Thing2. The Starting Place: Knowing Who You Are3. Creating a New Awareness: What You Didn′t Learn in School4. The Invisible Boundary: How Privilege Affects Your Work and Life5. But Everyone I Know Agrees with Me: The Influence of Family and Friends6. That′s Not What I Mean: Effective, Respectful Communication7. Say What? Why Words Matter8. Making the Connection: The Four Relationship Vitals9. Keeping the Connection, Even When the Signal Is Faulty10. When the Golden Rule Isn′t Working: Respectful Conflict ResolutionConclusion