Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services

Author Jerry Diller’s practical text offers students a balance of clinical and theoretical information, focusing on effective methods of providing cross-cultural services. CULTURAL DIVERSITY: A PRIMER FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES covers the general principles of cultural diversity, the process of cross-cultural service delivery, and cultural information on specific client populations. The updated text includes coverage of important concepts such as racial microaggressions, therapeutic interviews with individuals from collective family systems, enforcing professional standards, and culturally sensitive treatment of children. The updated text also provides students with hands-on clinical suggestions and cautions through interviews with professionals from different ethnic backgrounds. CULTURAL DIVERSITY: A PRIMER FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES helps students build a general understanding of what cultural diversity is and why it is important. The text also helps students to better understand their own prejudices so that they can be more effective counselors when working with clients of different cultures. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.