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1. Principles of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy

   Edited by Uwe P. Gielen, Juris G. Draguns, Jefferson M. Fish

   Series: Counseling and Psychotherapy: Investigating Practice from Scientific, Historical, and Cultural Perspectives

   In an era of globalization characterized by widespread migration and cultural contacts, psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals face a unique challenge: how does one practice successfully when working with clients from so many different backgrounds? Gielen, Draguns, and...

   Published June 18th 2008 by Routledge
2. Handbook of Culture, Therapy, and Healing

   Edited by Uwe P. Gielen, Jefferson M. Fish, Juris G. Draguns

   Emotional, as well as physical distress, is a heritage from our hominid ancestors; it has been experienced by every group of human beings since our emergence as a species. And every known culture has developed systems of conceptualization and intervention for addressing it. The editors have brought...

   Published April 7th 2004 by Routledge
3. Personality and Person Perception Across Cultures

   Edited by Yueh-Ting Lee, Clark R. McCauley, Juris G. Draguns

   Neither human nature nor personality can be independent of culture. Human beings share certain social norms or rules within their cultural groups. Over 2000 years ago, Aristotle held that man is by nature a social animal. Similarly, Xun Kuang (298-238 B.C.), a Chinese philosopher, pointed out that...

   Published September 30th 1998 by Psychology Press