Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. General Overview

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. History and Development of Cultural Competence Advocacy in Applied Psychology

      • Craig L. Frisby

      Pages 3-31

   3. Current Status of Cultural Competence Advocacy in Clinical, School, and Counseling Psychology

      • Craig L. Frisby, Oscar Rojas Perez

      Pages 33-54

3. Evaluation of Cultural Competence Advocacy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. History and Development of Cultural Competence Evaluation in Applied Psychology

      • Craig L. Frisby

      Pages 57-93

   3. Conceptual and Empirical Issues in Training Culturally Competent Psychologists

      • Craig L. Frisby, William O’Donohue, Lorraine T. Benuto, Jena B. Casas

      Pages 95-102

   4. Cultural Competence and Sensitivity in Applied Psychology: Ethical and Scientific Problems

      • William O’Donohue

      Pages 103-122

   5. A Critique of Cultural Competence: Assumptions, Limitations, and Alternatives

      • Brenda L. Beagan

      Pages 123-138

   6. Psychological Reactions and Cultural Competence

      • Caroline Cummings, William O’Donohue

      Pages 139-153

   7. Problems in Professional and Ethical Standards and Guidelines Regarding Culturally Competent Practice with Racial, Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Groups

      • Caroline Cummings, William O’Donohue

      Pages 155-168

   8. Viewpoint Bias and Cultural Competency Advocacy Within Applied Psychology

      • Craig L. Frisby

      Pages 169-207

4. Conceptual Difficulties/Challenges from the Perspective of Related Disciplines

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      Pages 209-209

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   2. Conceptualizing Culture and Its Impact on Behavior

      • Helen Spencer-Oatey, Vladimir Žegarac

      Pages 211-241

   3. Culture: The Use and Abuse of an Anthropological Concept

      • Raymond Scupin

      Pages 243-268

   4. Evolutionary Perspectives on the Psychology of Intergroup Relations: Innate Predispositions and Cultural Malleability

      • Justin H. Park, David Francis Hunt

      Pages 269-280

   5. The Treatment of Race, Racial Differences, and Racism in Applied Psychology

      • Craig L. Frisby

      Pages 281-325

   6. Important Individual Differences in Clinician/Client Interactions

      • Craig L. Frisby

      Pages 327-362

   7. Poverty: Implications and Strategic Options for Applied Psychologists, Clinicians, and Service Providers

      • Gloria M. Svare, Jeanne Wendel

      Pages 363-382

   8. The Culture of Poverty: On Individual Choices and Infantilizing Bureaucracies

      • Joshua D. Phillips

      Pages 383-401

The first volume of its kind, this provocative book evaluates the construct of cultural competence from multiple perspectives. At the intersection of diverse disciplines and domains, contributors argue for greater clarity in understanding the cultural competence construct, a deeper level of analysis as to its multifaceted components, and call for concrete practical objectives and science-based means of measurement. Serious, nuanced discussion addresses challenges, strengths, and limitations of current cultural competence practice  in terms of sociocultural concepts (e.g., race, ethnicity) and practical concepts (e.g., sensitivity in the therapeutic relationship, treatment efficacy). In addition, contributors identify future directions for research, training, and practice with the potential to spur the further evolution of this clinically important construct.

This timely book:

•   Critiques the cultural competence construct and its evaluation as it is currently disseminated within applied psychology.
  
•   Compares and contrasts how cultural competence is defined within clinical, school, and counseling psychology.
  
•   Analyzes difficulties and challenges in understanding the cultural competence construct as evaluated through the lens of closely related fields                    outside of  applied psychology.
  
•   Spotlights complexities in cultural competence issues pertaining to specific populations.
  
•   Sets out implications for education and training, offering a detailed outline for an ideal college course in cultural competence

With this level of reasoning and rigor, Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology  is sure to stimulate long-overdue dialogue and debate among professionals across a wide variety of fields, such as clinical psychology, social work, child and social psychology, psychotherapy, school psychology, and counseling.

• cross-cultural psychology
• cultural competence in psychology
• history of cultural competence construct
• professional standards for psychological service
• psychological service to diverse ethnic groups
• psychological service to diverse racial groups

• University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

  Craig L. Frisby

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

  William T. O'Donohue

Craig L. Frisby, Ph.D is an associate professor of school psychology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is the former associate editor of School Psychology Review, the official journal of the National Association of School Psychologists, and currently serves as the associate editor of Psychological Assessment, the official assessment journal of the American Psychological Association. He is the co-editor of The Comprehensive Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology (2005), and the author of Meeting the Psychoeducational Needs of Minority Children (2013), both published by Wiley & Sons. He currently serves on the screening technical review committee of the National Center on Response to Intervention. He is a member of the National Association of School Psychologists, APA Division 16, and an elected member of the Society for the Study of School Psychology. William O’Donohue, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and chairman and professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and an adjunct professor in the department of philosophy and a faculty member of the National Judicial College. He has published over 70 books and 150 journal articles and book chapters. He holds advanced degrees both in philosophy and psychology. For the past 14 years, he has been director of a free clinic that treats children who have been sexually abused and adults who have been sexually assaulted.

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