Rita Chi-Ying Chung

This book examines the next steps and new frontiers in social justice multicultural psychology and counseling. It addresses how culturally responsive psychology and counseling can effectively ameliorate issues of oppression, racism, intolerance, discrimination, and human rights violations by alleviating the injustices encountered by individuals, groups, and communities. Addressing issues of culture, social class, race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, religion, and more, the book reflects the critical importance for mental health professionals to attend to social justice and human rights in their work. The book challenges readers to undergo an in-depth examination of the reasons for doing social justice work to ensure that their social actions are truly beneficial to their clients, families, and communities. The book further discusses barriers that prevent readers from doing social advocacy, such as the imposter syndrome, gaslighting, character assassination, culture of fear, and the nice counselor syndrome. It offers new and unique ideas, concepts, and perspectives for culturally responsive social justice-oriented theory, practice, and training, and presents the Multi-Phase Model of Psychotherapy, Counseling, Humans Rights and Social Justice (MPM). The authors are leading authorities on social justice, cross-cultural psychology, multicultural counseling, and human rights, and have been nationally and internationally recognized for their leadership and innovation in culturally responsive social justice-oriented psychology and counseling.

This text develops a new frontier in multicultural social justice work and is the next step toward alleviating the injustices faced by individuals in society. Addressing issues of social class, race and ethnicity, and more, this book reflects the shift in recent years towards social justice counseling for all mental health professionals. It offers new and unique perspectives supplementing important social justice issues and enhancing the content taught in multicultural courses. The authors are leading authorities on multicultural and social justice counseling and have led the way to create a specialization with a nationally recognized program in multicultural social justice counseling.

There are more than 26 million refugees in the world, and the population is expected to grow. However, there is minimal training or understanding in the mental health and social services fields that provides the awareness, knowledge, and skills to effectively work with refugees. Subsequently, this volume is intended to provide a comprehensive understanding of refugee psychosocial adjustment that incorporates cross-cultural perspectives. The text provides an all-inclusive overview of refugee acculturation and adaptation, a model of intervention to assist refugees in the process of psychosocial adjustment, case studies illustrating practical intervention applications, and country-specific interventions from unique and diverse national perspectives. Professionals working with refugees in the United States and around the world will value this volume.