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Counseling Persons of African Descent
Raising the Bar of Practitioner Competence
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About this book
Though important strides have been made in the last three decades in the research efforts on African Americans, there continues to be a lack of significant new understanding about the impact of the African American culture on the therapy process and dynamics. This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the counseling literature pertaining to African American clients. Specifically, the analysis includes a review of the different variables (client, counselor, counseling process, and assessment) that have received the bulk of research attention. This sets the stage for the presentation of a counseling model for African American clients. The authors discuss philosophical premises upon which the model is based and suggest specific counseling strategies and interventions related to the model. Case study material is integrated throughout the chapters, focusing on individual and group approaches.
This volume is an important work for counseling professionals as well as for students in social work and counseling programs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Series Editor's Introduction
- Preface
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 - Counseling African Americans: The Current State of Affairs
- Case Study
- Historical Overview
- Assessment of Personal and Collective Debilitations
- Summary
- Chapter 2 - African-Centered Psychology: Basic Principles
- Introduction
- Basic Principles in African-Centered Psychology
- Summary
- Chapter 3 - Understanding African American Mental Health: The Necessity of New Conceptual Paradigms
- The Ethnicity Factor in Psychotherapy
- New Conceptual Paradigms
- Summary
- Chapter 4 - Understanding Personality and How to Measure It
- Culture
- The African Personality
- Internal Dimensions
- External Dimensions
- Assessing the African Personality
- Alternate Conceptual Frameworks
- Conceptual Scheme for Counseling African Descent Clients
- Chapter 5 - Reconceptualizing the Notion of Self From the African Deep Structure
- Introduction
- African Philosophy
- African Concept of the Person
- The Study of Nature (Physics' Relation to African Psychology)
- Four Questions
- WD AhoDden: To Be Healthy
- Healthy AhoDden (Energy)
- Yare (To Be Sick)-Maafa Destructive Interference
- Nya AhoDden (To Be Healed)—Reconstructive Interference
- Chapter 6 - African-Centered Conceptualizations of Self and Consciousness: The Akan Model
- Akan Conceptualization of the Person and Consciousness
- Ontological and Epistemological Tenets
- Components of Self
- Human Consciousness and the Significance of Sunsum
- Clinical Relevance
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7 - Counseling Models for African Americans: The What and How of Counseling
- The Role and Task of Helpers and Healers
- Therapeutic Intervention
- Connecting With Clients
- Assessment
- Facilitating Awareness
- Setting Goals
- Taking Action and Instigating Change
- Feedback and Accountability
- Summary
- Chapter 8 - Counseling African American Fathers: A Program for Active Involvement
- Social Science and Black Men
- Adolescent Fathers
- Involved African American Fathers
- The Program
- Case Study
- Discussion
- Chapter 9 - Raising the Bar for What Passes as Competence
- Raising the Bar for What Passes as Competence
- The Circumference of Our Experience
- Appendix
- References
- Index
- About the Editor
- About the Authors