Counseling across Cultures - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803957483 ISBN 13: 9780803957480

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1995

Synopsis

This is a completely updated edition of Counseling across Cultures, which broke new ground when published almost 20 years ago. This volume takes stock of the many developments and changes that have occurred since then, and is a combined effort of leading authors to examine the priority issues of counselling from a variety of perspectives. The issues discussed are of particular relevance, but are not limited, to multicultural counselling.

The volume focuses on specific ethnic groups in North America as well as international students and refugees. A chapter devoted to gender issues in multicultural counselling is new to this edition. Other topics discussed include ethics, cultural empathy, appraisal and assessment. The

About this title

About the Author:

Paul B. Pedersen is a visiting professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaii and professor emeritus at Syracuse University. He has taught at the University of Minnesota, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and for six years at universities in Taiwan, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Pedersen was also on the summer school faculty at Harvard University, 1984-988 and the University of Pittsburgh “semester at sea” voyage around the world, spring 1992. International experience includes numerous consulting experiences in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America and Europe, and a Senior Fulbright award teaching at National Taiwan University 1999-2000. He has authored, co-authored or edited 40 books, 99 articles, and 72 chapters on aspects of multicultural counseling and international communication. Pedersen is a fellow in Divisions 9, 17, 45 and 52 of the American Psychological Association. 

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0803957483
• ISBN 13: 9780803957480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Pedersen Paul B., Draguns Juris G., Lonner Walter J., Trimble Joseph E.