Black Americans Strengths-Based Cultural Practices

Auteur

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.

Texte du rabat

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.

Contenu

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 - African-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 Strength's 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