Review of Cultural psychotherapy: Theory, methods, and practice
Keywords
Review, Psychotherapy
Abstract
Reviews the book, Cultural Psychotherapy: Theory, Methods, and Practice by Martin J. La Roche (2012). This book provides a clear, concise, and approachable overview of how practitioners can work with clients from diverse backgrounds, both in theory and in practice; as such, this is an essential text for students, educators, and clinicians alike. La Roche presents a broad approach to therapy that considers a wide variety of cultural factors beyond racial or ethnic backgrounds, such as religion, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status. His solution to the complexity of individual client diversity contextualized within broad cultural differences is a concise, practical model articulated in three phases, which considers individual factors, relational factors, and contextual factors. In the reviewer's opinion, students, educators, and practitioners will benefit from the practical approach of the three-phase model, as well as from the often engaging and insightful clinical examples. Additionally, the culminating/concluding idea of adopting “cultural thinking” may help orient readers to some of the goals that multicultural psychology hopes to achieve.
Original Publication Citation
Soto, A., & Smith, T. B. (2013). [Review of the book Cultural psychotherapy: Theory, methods, and practice]. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 4, 482-483.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Smith, Timothy and Soto, Alberto, "Review of Cultural psychotherapy: Theory, methods, and practice" (2013). Faculty Publications. 7527.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7527
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Language
English
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Counseling Psychology and Special Education
Copyright Status
© American Psychological Association
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