Counseling Diverse Populations

This book addresses diversity counseling in a unique format that combines four non-ethnic minority groups: women, sexual minorities, older people, and people with disabilities. An historical overview of how both psychology and society have treated these four groups puts theories of discrimination in context. Chapters related to each of the four minority groups have been written by experts who have first-hand personal and professional exposure to the experiences and needs of members of each group. The final chapter discusses what mental health professions need to do in the future to adequately address the psychological needs for these four populations.

Table of Contents:
Part I: A Context for Counseling Diverse Populations 1. An Introduction to Nontraditional Interventions and Diverse Populations 2.Oppression of People with Disabilities: Past and Present 3.Oppression of Older People: Past and Present 4.Oppression of Women: Past and Present 5.Oppression of Sexual Minorities: Past and Present Part II: The Client with a Disability 6.Counseling Families and Children with Disabilities, by Timothy R. Elliott & Larry L. Mullins 7.Navigating the Road to Independent Living, by Margaret A. Nosek & Rosemary B. Hughes 8.Counseling and Psychotherapy with Clients with Disabilities, by John F. Kosciulek Part III: The Older Client 9.What Counselors Can Do to Facilitate Successful Aging, by Eve H. Davison 10. Psychotherapy with Older Clients, by Sara Honn Qualls 11. Sexuality and Older Adults: What Counselors Need to Know, by Audrey U. Kim and Donald R. Atkinson Part IV: The Female Client 12. Counseling Girls and Women: Attitudes, Knowledge, and Skills, by Carolyn Zerbe Enns 13. Approaches to Counseling and Psychotherapy with Women, by Laura U. Forrest 14. Culture-Centered Counseling with Women of Color, by Angela M. Byars-Winston Part V: The Sexual Minority Client 15. What Counselors Need to Know About Working with Sexual Minority Clients, by Tania Israel 16. Finding the “Yes” Within Ourselves: Counseling Lesbian and Bisexual Women, by Susan L. Morrow 17. Affirmative Counseling with Gay Men, by Eric C. Chen, Thomas I. Stracuzzi, and Daniel E. Ruckdeschel Part VI: Implications 18. Diversity Imperatives for Counseling Practice, Training, and Research

About the Author :
Donald R. Atkinson is Professor Emeritus in the combined psychology program (Gevirtz Graduate School of Education) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has over 30 years of teaching experience in such courses as Social and Cultural Foundations of Diversity, Multicultural Counseling, Ethics, and Gender Issues. Several reviews of research have identified him as the most prolific researcher ever on multicultural issues, and in 2001 he received the Lifetime Research Award from Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues) of the American Psychological Association. He is a Fellow of Divisions 17 and 45 of the APA. Dr. Atkinson earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1970. Gail Hackett received her Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. She served on the faculty at the Ohio State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara and is now Professor of Counseling Psychology in the Division of Psychology in Education, and Vice Provost, at Arizona State University. Her research interests include career self-efficacy theory; social cognitive applications to career counseling and development; gender and ethnicity in career counseling and career development; and feminist approaches to counseling and therapy. She has served as associate editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vice President for Division E of the American Educational Research Association, and Vice President for Scientific Affairs of Division 17 of the American Psychological Association. She is a Fellow of Divisions 17 and 35 of the American Psychological Association.