Table of Contents

Foreword (Derald Wing Sue). Acknowledgments. Chapter 1 An Overview of Multicultural Counseling Competencies (Lynett L. Henderson Metzger, Lavita I. Nadkarni, and Jennifer A. Erickson Cornish). Chapter 2 The Competent Treatment of the Diverse Older Adults (Carmen Inoa Vazquez). Chapter 3 Disability: Multiple and Intersecting Identities-Developing Multicultural Competencies (Barbara J. Palombi). Chapter 4 Broaching Ethnicity Competently in Therapy (Delida Sanchez, Alicia del Prado, and Claytie Davis III). Chapter 5 Clinical Competencies in Working with Immigrant Communities (Arpana G. Inman and Pratyusha Tummala-Narra). Chapter 6 Competency with Linguistically Diverse Populations (Henrietta Pazos and Lavita I. Nadkarni). Chapter 7 Psychotherapy with Men: Building Practice Competencies (Mark Stevens and Matt Englar-Carlson). Chapter 8 Developing Multicultural Competency in Clinical Work with People of Mixed Ancestry (Aisha Dixon-Peters). Chapter 9 Becoming a Racially Competent Therapist (Delida Sanchez and Claytie Davis III). Chapter 10 Competencies for Working with Sexual Orientation and Multiple Cultural Identities (Barry A. Schreier and Kim Dudley Lassiter). Chapter 11 Sizeism: An Unrecognized Prejudice (Roki Abakoui and Rosemary E. Simmons). Chapter 12 Developing Competency in Social Class and Classism in Counseling and Psychotherapy (William Ming Liu, Julie Corkery, and Jenni Thome). Chapter 13 Developing Competency in Spiritual and Religious Aspects of Counseling (Julie Savage and Sarah Armstrong). Chapter 14 Counseling Competency with Transgender and Intersex Persons (Annelise A. Singh, Cynthia J. Boyd, and Joy S. Whitman). Chapter 15 Developing Competency with White Identity and Privilege (Jeana L. Dressel, Shelly Kerr, and Harold B. Steven). Chapter 16 Counseling Competencies with Women: Understanding Gender in the Context of Multiple Dimensions of Identity (Rebekah Smart). Contributors' Photographs and Brief Biographies. Author Index. Subject Index.

About the Author

Jennifer A. Erickson Cornish, PHD, ABPP, is Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Training at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Professional Psychology. Barry A. Schreier, PHD, is the Director of Counseling and Mental Health Services at the University of Connecticut. Lavita I. Nadkarni, PHD, is the Director of Forensic Studies at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Professional Psychology, and is currently licensed as a clinical psychologist in New York and Colorado. Lynett Henderson Metzger, JD, PSYD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology and maintains a small private psychotherapy practice. Emil R. Rodolfa, PHD, is the Director of the University of California, Davis, Counseling and Psychological Services.