Working with Culture

LUIS A. VARGAS is associate professor and director of the Clinical Child Psychology Internship Program, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.

• Preface xiiiThe Editors xixThe Contributors xxi1 Through the Cultural Looking Glass: A Model for Understanding Culturally Responsive Psychotherapies 1Joan D. Koss-Chioino, Luis A. VargasPart One: Working with African American Children and Adolescents2 Self-Esteem and Identity in Psychotherapy with Adolescents from Upwardly Mobile Middle-Class African American Families 25Arthur C. Jones3 Therapeutic Issues for Black Children in Foster Care 43Helen L. Jackson, George Westmoreland4 Racial Socialization as a Tool in Psychotherapy with African American Children 63Beverly A. GreenePart Two: Working with Hispanic American Children and Asolescents5 Cultural Considerations in Play Therapy with Hispanic Children 85Kenneth J. Martinez, Diana M. Valdez6 Spirituality and Family Dynamics in Psychotherapy with Latin Children 103Joseph M. Cervantes, Oscar Ramirez7 Therapy with Latino Gang Members 129Armando T. MoralesPart Three: working with Asian American Children and Adolescents8 The Inner Heart: Therapy with Southeast Asian Families 157Christine M. Chao9 Differential Application of Treatment Modalities with Asian American Youth 181Man Keung Ho10 Living Between Two Cultures: Treating First-Generation Asian Americans 204Nga Anh NguyenPart Four: Working with American Indian Children and Adolescents11 Multidimensional Therapy: A Case Study of a Navajo Adolescent with Multiple Problems 225Martin D. Topper12 A Cognitive- Behavioral Approach to Drug Abuse Prevention and Intervention with American Indian Youth 246Joseph E. Trimble13 Treating American Indian Victims of Abuse and Neglect 276Diane J. Willis, Antonia Dobrec, Dolores Subia Bigfoot Sipes14 Conclusion: Improving the Prospects for Ethnic Minority Children in Therapy 300Joan D. Koss-Chioin, Luis A. VargasName Index 311