Culture and Identity: Life Stories for Counselors and Therapists

by Anita Jones Thomas

Combining compelling real-life autobiographies with sound theoretical formulations that explore race, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, and disability, this multicultural counseling text uniquely prepares students for real-life clinical situations and helps them to understand the influence of culture on identity development, sense of self, family, and interpersonal relationships. Each chapter includes theoretical content tied to a story, with a comprehensive and varied array of themes that current and future clinicians are likely to encounter in their own clients' histories.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction

400 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2005

Reviews

[Sarah Murphy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn’t finish all of the book for class, but the real stories were impactful and very eye opening!

[Mel B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, I liked this book, but I was disappointed that the spirituality and religion section only focused on Abrahamic faiths, and the only mention of other religion made of note was a brief mention of tarot cards without much context to religions or practices that use tarot and other spiritual tools.