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Toolkit for Counseling Spanish-Speaking Clients

Enhancing Behavioral Health Services

  • Designed for clinicians who work with Spanish-speaking clients

  • Offers a much needed set of worksheets and tools that are easily administered to Spanish-speaking clients

  • Each chapter provides a treatment overview and a brief session-by-session guide for evidence-based intervention

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Tools for Treating Trauma-Related Disorders Among Latinos

    • Aileen Torres, Melany Rivera-Maldonado
    Pages 39-69
  3. Tools for Assessing Racism-Related Stress and Trauma Among Latinos

    • Monnica T. Williams, Adriana Peña, Judy Mier-Chairez
    Pages 71-95
  4. Tools for Treating Social Anxiety Disorder Among Latinos

    • Amanda M. Muñoz-Martínez, Yors A. García, Angélica M. Alarcón Peña
    Pages 97-113
  5. Tools for Treating Panic Disorder Among Latinos

    • Andrew Ahrendt, Lorraine T. Benuto
    Pages 115-138
  6. Tools for Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Among Latinos

    • Monnica T. Williams, Judy Mier-Chairez, Adriana Peña
    Pages 139-171
  7. Using Behavioral Activation and Cognitive Interventions to Treat Depression Among Latinos

    • Rebecca M. Pasillas, Darisabel Roman Laureano
    Pages 199-219
  8. Culturally Adapted Cognitive Interventions for Depression: Treatment Tools from Vida Alegre

    • Maria Pineros-Leano, Valerie Cintrón, Lissette M. Piedra
    Pages 221-243
  9. Tools for Treating Sleep Disturbances Among Latinos

    • Ruth Gentry, Lorraine T. Benuto
    Pages 275-293
  10. Improving Psychosocial Functioning in Latinos with Schizophrenia

    • Rebecca M. Pasillas, José A. Reyes-Torres
    Pages 295-314
  11. Treatment Considerations and Tools for Treating Latino Adolescents with Externalizing Disorders

    • Rory T. Newlands, Amanda M. Muñoz-Martínez
    Pages 371-401
  12. Tools for Treating Behavior Problems in Young Latino Children

    • Robert A. Fox, Lauryn A. Besasie, Michael P. Fung
    Pages 403-428
  13. Treatment Considerations and Tools for Treating Latino Children with Anxiety

    • Emily L. Escovar, Carla A. Hitchcock Robinson, Denise A. Chavira
    Pages 429-460

About this book

 

This timely practical reference addresses the lack of Spanish-language resources for mental health professionals to use with their Latino clients. Geared toward both English- and Spanish-speaking practitioners in a variety of settings, this volume is designed to minimize misunderstandings between the clinician and client, and with that the possibility of inaccurate diagnosis and/or ineffective treatment. Coverage for each topic features a discussion of cultural considerations, guidelines for evidence-based best practices, a review of available findings, a treatment plan, plus clinical tools and client handouts, homework sheets, worksheets, and other materials. Chapters span a wide range of disorders and problems over the life-course, and include reproducible resources for:

  •          Assessing for race-based trauma.
  •          Using behavioral activation and cognitive interventions to treat depression among Latinos.
  •          Treating aggression, substance use, abuse, and dependence among Latino Adults.
  •          Treating behavioral problems among Latino adolescents. 
  •          Treating anxiety among Latino children.
  •          Working with Latino couples.
  •          Restoring legal competency with Latinos. 

The Toolkit for Counseling Spanish-Speaking Clients fills a glaring need in behavioral service delivery, offering health psychologists, social workers, clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, and other helping professionals culturally-relevant support for working with this under served population. The materials included here are an important step toward dismantling barriers to mental health care.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, USA

    Lorraine T. Benuto

About the editor

Lorraine Benuto is a licensed clinical psychologist and a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she provides treatment to victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse, and child physical abuse. She is project coordinator and therapist of the Victims of Crime Treatment Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Benuto received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Previously, she completed her APA-accredited internship at the VA in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she delivered psychological services to a culturally diverse clientele presenting with depression and anxiety. Dr. Benuto has extensive experience delivering evidence-based treatments and conducting psychological assessments with the Latino population. She has delivered professional presentations at state, national, and international conferences on topics related to cultural competence and co-edited Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology for Springer. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Toolkit for Counseling Spanish-Speaking Clients

  • Book Subtitle: Enhancing Behavioral Health Services

  • Editors: Lorraine T. Benuto

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64880-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64878-1Published: 22 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87893-5Published: 08 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64880-4Published: 14 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 538

  • Number of Illustrations: 58 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Psychotherapy and Counseling, Social Work, Neuropsychology

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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