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Cultural Competency Skills for Psychologists, Psychotherapists, and Counselling Professionals

A Workbook for Caring Across Cultures

by (author) Earle Waugh, Olga Szafran, Jean A.C. Triscott & Roger Parent

Publisher
Brush Education
Initial publish date
Feb 2016
Category
Education & Training, General, Counseling
  • Unknown

    ISBN
    9781550596526
    Publish Date
    Feb 2016
    List Price
    $79.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781550596557
    Publish Date
    Feb 2016
    List Price
    $49.99

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Description

Build your intercultural communication skills to ensure the best possible patient outcomes. Features embedded video with dramatizations of realistic health-care scenarios.

Cultural Competency Skills for Psychologists, Psychotherapists, and Counselling Professionals teaches techniques for meeting the challenges of working with culturally diverse patients and their families. The skills professionals and students acquire through using this workbook will improve their communication and problem-solving abilities when working across cultures. The workbook provides eight learning modules based on realistic health-care scenarios, along with exercises and self-assessment tools.

About the authors

Earle H. Waugh is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alberta. His publications include books and articles on the religion and philosophy of India.

K. Dad Prithipaul, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, has published numerous books and articles relating to his areas of specialization — Hinduism, Buddhism, and comparative religion.

Earle Waugh's profile page

Olga Szafran is Associate Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta in Edmonton.

Olga Szafran's profile page

Jean A.C. Triscott, MD, Professor and Director of the Division of Care of the Elderly, Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta.

Jean A.C. Triscott's profile page

Roger Parent, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta.

Roger Parent's profile page

Editorial Reviews

Doody Review: 4 Stars, 94/100 The workbook does a good job of detailing the practical considerations of providing help to clients from different cultures.

Gary Kaniuk, PsyD, Cermak Health Services

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