Therapy Across Culture
Understanding the Role of Culture in Psychotherapy and Counseling
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
Published:26th Mar '98
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This insightful book highlights the significance of cross-cultural communication in therapeutic practices, emphasizing its relevance for clinicians and anthropologists alike. Therapy Across Culture broadens understanding.
In Therapy Across Culture, the author explores the critical role that cross-cultural communication plays in the fields of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and counseling. This book serves as an introduction to anthropological issues pertinent to cross-cultural work, addressing both practical and conceptual dimensions of culture. It offers clinicians valuable insights and examples to enhance their understanding of clients from diverse backgrounds, while also aiding anthropologists in interpreting the personal experiences of their informants.
The author, Inga-Britt Krause, employs an academically rigorous style, drawing from her own experiences as both an anthropologist and a systemic family therapist. She effectively applies ethnographic methodology and research findings to deepen clinical insights into the nuances of 'difference.' Krause’s approach is both challenging and refreshing, urging the integration of anthropological insights into cross-cultural clinical practices.
Furthermore, the book delves into complex theories from ethnography and anthropology, making them accessible to readers. It examines key concepts such as kinship, attachment, emotion, ritual, and taboo, revealing how cultural elements shape interactions and behaviors. Ultimately, Therapy Across Culture emphasizes the necessity for therapists and anthropologists to reflect on their own assumptions as a foundational step in cross-cultural engagement.
`This is an important book which has a broader relevance to psychotherapists than its title suggests. In an academically rigorous style... and drawing on her own experience as an anthropologist and systemic (family) therapist, Inga-Britt Krause shows how ethnographic methodology (fieldwork) and its research findings can be drawn on to radically deepen our clinical insight into "difference"... Krause is both challenging and refreshing in her approach. She goes beyond asserting the need for insights to be gleaned from anthropology in cross-cultural clinical work to suggest that psychoanalysis itself could also benefit... Thinking about her book has focused my interest in the cultural dimensions of clinical work, and in the role of kinship, taboo and ritual, in the inter and intraprofessional conflicts which permeate our profession′ - British Journal of Psychotherapy
`This is a fascinating, thought-provoking and creatively crafted book in which the author presents a convincing argument for forging links between the theories and practice of anthropology and those of psychotherapy. Krause provides a thorough exploration of the anthropological issues which are relevant to cross-cultural therapy and she discusses the complex theories of ethnography and anthropology in a reader-friendly manner... The book offers a wealth of expertly researched information, all of which is supported by the author′s professional practice and personal experience... A commendable book′ - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling
`It has been a pleasure to read this book [which] examines not only the theoretical but also the practical aspects of culture, and introduces anthropological issues that are relevant to cross-cultural work. It offers not only an overview but, through numerous examples, makes a number of complex ethnographic and anthropological concepts easily accessible and comprehensible to professionals in counselling, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and others in the field of mental health... I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and welcome it as an important contribution to bridge the fields of anthropology and mental health. I am sure that it would be of great interest to academicians and practitioners of each of the above fields′ - Transcultural Mental Health On-Line
ISBN: 9780803975279
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 320g
208 pages