Black American's Strengths-Based Cultural Practices

Tools for Clinicians to Promote Psychological Well-Being
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-367-34816-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 402 g

Black Americans' Strengths-Based Cultural Practices: Tools for Clinicians to Promote Psychological Well-Being uses historical, social, scientific, and psychological research to detail how mental health professionals can use the cultural practices of Black Americans and communities to promote positive psychosocial health.

Building on experiences of racial oppression and cultural values, Dr’s. Carter, Pieterse, and Forsyth offer an evidence-based framework for recognizing and enhancing strengths-based cultural practices of Black American clients and families in mental health interventions. This volume will broaden the base of work on the mental health treatment of Black Americans and provide an approach to understanding the unique cultural influences of Black people as they relate to psychological health.

The book is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including social workers, mental health practitioners, nurses, teachers and sociologists at various levels of education and training.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carter, Robert T.

Pieterse, Alex

Forsyth, Jessica

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Familientherapie, Paartherapie, Gruppentherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 - The State of Black America

Chapter 2 - The State of Black Americans’ Mental Health

Chapter 3 - Black American Culture and the Debate about What it is or is Not

Chapter 4 - Digging Deeper into Black Americans’ African Cultural Legacy: Reference Group Identity and Socialization

Chapter 5 - Black American Cultural Legacy: Parents and Community Teaching About Race

Chapter 6 - The Community and its Value

Chapter 7 - Cultural Spirituality and Racism-Related Coping

Chapter 8 - Review of the Black Cultural Strengths Clinical and Research literature

Chapter 9 - Clinical Considerations in the Application of Black American Cultural Strengths to Mental Health Care

Chapter 10 - Applications of Black American Cultural Strengths in Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Case Illustration

Chapter 11 - Employing Black American Cultural Values: Training Guidelines for Mental Health Professionals

Chapter 12 - Emerging Issues for Mental Health Policy and Services for Black Americans

Über Autor(innen)

Robert T. Carter, Ph.D. is professor emeritus of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Alex L. Pieterse, PhD is an associate professor and director of the Institute for the Study of Race and Culture at Boston College.

Jessica M. Forsyth, PhD is a licensed psychologist and senior associate at Robert T. Carter & Associates, an expert witness practice specializing in the assessment of racial trauma, where she has consulted on a variety of civil and criminal cases for 15 years.