Books by Donald B. Pope-Davis

Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology is the first book to offer the theoretical background, practical knowledge, and training strategies needed to achieve multicultural competence. Focusing on a wide range of professional settings, editors Donald . Pope-Davis, Hardin L Coleman, William Ming Liu, and Rebecca L Toporek provide a compendium of the latest research related to multicultural competency and the hands-on framework to develop specialized multicultural practices.Promoting an appreciation of cultural differences, this innovative text includes} a review of major measures of multicultural competency } an analysis of popular empirically supported treatments within the schema of multicultural competency } information on multicultural competencies and accreditation } an overview of ethical implications } teaching strategies to achieve multicultural competency Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology provides a comprehensive foundation for understanding and integrating multiculturalism in all areas of professional practice. Offering directions for growth and development, the editors and a distinguished group of contributors explore emerging issues within the field. An indispensable resource for psychologists, social workers, school counselors, and teachers, this Handbook is also an ideal supplementary text for students in counselling and clinical practice courses.

In this volume, leading researchers and trainers in multicultural counselling and psychology address the issues of what makes a counsellor multiculturally competent and how to create more culturally competent counsellors.The contributors consider ways to evaluate counsellors for their awareness, knowledge and skills in working with a broad spectrum of populations. Chapters also examine in detail the pedagogical implications of establishing competencies, including training philosophies and models as well as course and curriculum development.

Featuring an outstanding group of leading theorists and researchers from the fields of multicultural psychology and counselling, this book begins with chapters on how the interplay of such variables of class, gender, and race interact in the development of an individual in a pluralistic society. It then presents theories on how to integrate issues of class, gender and race into counselling theory.