Derald Wing Sue - Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice

Praise for Counseling the Culturally Diverse

This book is the one to read. It has invaluable information that is current, is extremely well written, and stands out from the other books in the field. The book touches the reader on multiple levels, bringing in personal stories, pushing one's thinking, and very clearly linking theory, history, policies, contemporary trends, and practice. Absolutely outstandingdon't miss it!

Fred Bemak, Ed.D.
Professor and Director of the Diversity Research and Action Center
Graduate School of Education
George Mason University

Derald Sue and David Sue have achieved new heights with this most recent edition of their classic text, and they do not disappoint. Paralleling the evolving nature of multiculturalism itself, the book addresses the latest topics critical to the field, and generously expands the rest. The reader is given an opportunity to personally reflect, analyze, and apply material at every turn. Readers will find that this text more than lives up to its great expectations.

Beth A. Durodoye, Ed.D.
Professor of Counseling
University of Texas at San Antonio

With its most recent updates and revisions, Counseling the Culturally Diverse remains as relevant today as its first edition. Sue and Sue have continued to maintain the integrity of the content and continue to expand and include progressing perspectives within the multicultural and social justice literature. Their inclusion of the most up-to-date topical areas in the field, with personal narratives and examples, makes this edition a comprehensive guide that provides critical foundational materials, with real-world examples and practical ideas for implementation in the counseling and psychotherapy contexts. I have no doubt this sixth edition will remain the most utilized book in classroom settings across the country.

Miguel E. Gallardo, Psy.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Pepperdine University

Sue and Sue, through their text, have found a substantive way to encourage a meaningful dialogue about the role of culture and experience in the counseling process. Their treatment of the contextual uniqueness that clients bring to the counseling relationship will undoubtedly serve to help counseling students and practicing counselors alike to find their sense of self throughout their professional journey.

Thomas J. Hernandez, Ed.D.
LMHC Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Counselor Education
The College at Brockport

Sue and Sue have done it again! This latest edition of Counseling the Culturally Diverse is a phenomenal piece of work that is comprehensive in scope, penetrating in its insights, and pragmatic in the way it teaches the reader how to navigate the pathways of culture our discipline and profession struggle so profoundly with. The journey toward developing multicultural understanding and competence is one of the most significant challenges in a professional psychologist's and counselor's life. Indeed, the landscape of progress toward a more culturally competent and socially just profession is dotted with stones of stagnation, the rocks of resignation, and the dust of denial about the elements of psychological and counseling instruction and practice that are necessary to master in one's professional growth and development. This text is as good a roadmap as there is in the profession and those who make the choice to not just read the pages of each chapter, but also understand and embrace the principles and practices that are outlined within, will find their journey toward multicultural understanding and competence much more rewarding, enriching, and fulfilling. This book is simply an awesome resource, and I am honored and proud to endorse it!

Thomas A. Parham, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor Student Affairs
University of California Irvine
Distinguished Psychologist, Association of Black Psychologists

This expanded and significantly revised sixth edition of the multicultural counseling field's one true classic text, Counseling the Culturally Diverse, continues its tradition of defining the field and charting a proactive course for training a new decade of counselors and therapists for culturally competent practice in our increasingly culturally diverse and globally interconnected society. Topical coverage is state-of-the-art, comprehensive, and in-depth, and the writing throughout the entire text is crisp, clear, and engaging. If only one book was to be read in an entire master's or doctoral program in counseling or psychology, it should be Counseling the Culturally Diverse.

Joseph G. Ponterotto, Ph.D.
Professor and Practicing Multicultural Psychologist
Fordham University
Co-Editor or Co-Author of Handbook of Multicultural Counseling,
Handbook of Multicultural Assessment,
Handbook of Racial/Ethnic Minority Counseling Research

This edition adds the latest hot button issues in the multicultural world. The authors have skillfully and sensitively added the latest evidence-based knowledge of critical problems that can surface in counseling/therapy, including microaggressions, interethnic relationships, Middle Eastern issues, and immigration/refugee complexities. Everything you ever wanted to know about multicultural counseling is included in this edition. It continues to be the standard for any mental health professional treating persons from racial/ethnic minority populations.... It is authoritative, illuminating, and clinically compelling.

Melba Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP
Past President of the American Psychological Association
Independent Practice
Austin, Texas

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