Understanding the Asian Indian Diaspora and Mental Health: Liberation from Western Frameworks - Paperback
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Understanding the Asian Indian Diaspora and Mental Health asks what Western therapy misses when a client grew up between two cultures.
Who it's for
Clinicians and counseling psychology students who keep meeting the gap between what a textbook prescribes and what the client in front of them is describing.
Details
It names the structures pressing on Asian Indian mental health in America, rather than treating what shows up in a session as purely individual.
The applied half is about decolonizing the clinical work itself, moving liberation psychology off the page and into what a session actually does.
It belongs to Cognella's series on culture, race and ethnicity, co run with Division 45 of the APA.
From the publisher
The past few decades have witnessed a rapid increase in the immigration of people of Asian Indian descent to the United States. This has predicated a need to understand the various sociocultural and political experiences that shape the identity development and mental health experiences of this population.
Understanding the Asian Indian Diaspora and Mental Health: Liberation from Western Frameworks gives voice to the lived experiences and nuanced concerns of Asian Indian people as they attempt to survive and thrive in American society. In particular, the book names and examines systems of oppression that influence the mental health experiences of Asian Indians in the U.S.
and helps readers critically analyze shortcomings of Western models of psychological healing. The text helps to bridge the gap between theory and practice with regard to liberation and decolonization of psychotherapeutic clinical work.
Understanding the Asian Indian Diaspora and Mental Health is part of the Cognella Series on Advances in Culture, Race, and Ethnicity. The series, co-sponsored by Division 45 of the American Psychological Association, addresses critical and emerging issues within culture, race, and ethnic studies, as well as specific topics among key multicultural groups.
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