Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Theory, 2nd edition (Hardcover).

This book is also available as a HOME STUDY course: HM1026. Visit: www.AAACEUs.com and select Course Listings. Courses are listed in alphabethical order by course ID. This course is pre-approved for CCM, CRC, Nurses in every state, CMC, CLCP, COHN, CPUR, CPUM and is appropriate for CRRN.

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Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: A Framework for Clinicians and Counselors moves beyond unidimensional concepts of identity to an understanding of the multiplicity of cultural influences that work to form each of us.

The true experience of identity is complex and contextual. A person is not simply Latino or gay, Asian American or a person with a disability, an older American or a refugee. Rather, one or any combination of these identities may be salient for a particular individual in a given context.

Pamela A. Hays offers the ADDRESSING framework for recognizing and working with cultural influences -- helping readers understand identity as a multidimensional combination of age, developmental and acquired disabilities, religion, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, indigenous heritage, national origin, and gender.

This thought-provoking book will be invaluable to counselors, clinicians, and any professional working with clients from a variety of diverse backgrounds.