Overcoming Unintentional Racism in Counseling and Therapy 2/e

Acknowledgments Acknowledgments Acknowledgments Acknowledgments Preface PART I: EXAMINING the COUNSELOR'S UNINTENTIONAL RACISM Ch. 1. Minority Clients as Victims Understanding the Victim Racism in Counseling and Therapy Factors Contributing to Counselor Racism Chapter Summary Ch. 2. Fifteen Propositions Propositions Chapter Summary Ch. 3. What Is Racism? Racism Defined A Behavioral Model Chapter Summary Ch. 4. Models of Mental Health The Deficit Model The Medical Model The Conformity Model The Biopsychosocial Model Chapter Summary Ch. 5. Judgmental and Inferential Errors Why Is Clinical Decision Making Difficult? Four Types of Decisions Prevalent Judgmental Errors Chapter Summary Ch. 6. Defensive Racial Dynamics Ten Race-Related Defense Mechanisms Chapter Summary PART II: OVERCOMING THE COUNSELOR'S UNINTENTIONAL RACISM Ch. 7. Counseling Idiographically Five Principles The Case of Ricardo Garcia The Case of Ricardo Garcia Chapter Summary Ch. 8. Setting Culturally Relevant Goals Process Goals Outcome Goals Chapter Summary Ch. 9. Making Better Clinical Decisions General Decision-Making Strategies Personal Debiasing Strategies Chapter Summary Ch. 10. Managing Resistance Understanding Resistance Client Responses in Counseling Strategies to Manage Resistance Chapter Summary Ch. 11. Terminating Effectively Reducing the Chances of Premature Termination Concluding Each Session Effectively Recycling or Referring When Appropriate Evaluating Counseling Outcomes Recommending Alternative Modalities Following Up When Counseling Is Over Preventing Relapse Chapter Summary PART III: EXAMINING AND OVERCOMING THE UNINTENTIONAL RACISM OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM Ch. 12. Racist Practices of Institutions Consequences of Unintentional Institutional Racism Causes of Unintentional Institutional Racism Categories of Unintentional Institutional Racism Chapter Summary Ch. 13. Macrosystem Interventions Practice-Based Minority Research Mental Health Care Reform Multicultural Training Chapter Summary Ch. 14. Microsystem Interventions A Core Ideology That Embraces Diversity Integrated Service Networks Consultation Prevention and Health Promotion Action Research Affirmative Action Chapter Summary Chapter Summary References Index About the Author

"Taking an action-oriented approach, [Ridley] challenges counselors 'to examine the relationship between their behavior toward minority groups and the consequences of that behavior'... Many of his case study vignettes are helpful." -- Patricia M. Berliner * PsycCRITIQUES * "This book is both powerful and sobering. It would serve as an excellent textbook for multicultural counseling classes. It could also be a resource for counselors who are critically examining their therapeutic work with minority clients or for institutions evaluating the services provided to these clients. Numerous examples throughout the book illustrate Ridley's points and help the text to come alive. This book and its message will be needed as long as minority clients have negative experiences in counseling due to counselors' unintentional racism." -- Kimberly Wagner * Counseling Today *