Counseling Persons of African Descent

Thomas A. Parham, Ph.D.: Dr. Thomas A. Parham is Assistant Vice Chancellor for Counseling and Health Services and an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Parham is a Past President and Distinguished Psychologist of the National Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi), a Past President of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (a division of ACA), and a Fellow in both the American Psychological Association, as well as ACA.

Series Editor's Introduction - Paul B. Pedersen Preface Foreword - Asa G. Hilliard III-Nana Baffour Amankwatia II 1. Counseling African Americans: The Current State of Affairsz - Thomas A. Parham 2. African-Centered Psychology: Basic Principles - Cheryl Grills 3. Understanding African American Mental Health: The Necessity of New Conceptual Paradigms - Thomas A. Parham, William D. Parham 4. Understanding Personality and How to Measure It - Thomas A. Parham 5. Reconceptualizing the Notion of Self From the African Deep Structure - Ezemenari Obasi 6. African-Centered Conceptualizations of Self and Consciousness: The Akan Model - Cheryl Grills, Martin Ajei 7. Counseling Models for African Americans: The What and How of Counseling - Thomas A. Parham 8. Counseling African American Fathers: A Program for Active Involvement - Michael Connor 9. Raising the Bar for What Passes as Competence - Thomas A. Parham Appendix References Index About the Editor About the Authors

"Counseling Persons of African Descent represents a major breakthrough in scholarship on African American psychology. Thomas Parham and contributors present a candid critique of standard therapeutic practice, they provide a clear conceptualization of African-centered psychology and the African American experience, and they provide mental health professionals with specific clinical tools to enhance therapeutic practice with African American clients." -- Joseph G. Ponterotto