Humanistic Approaches to Multiculturalism and Diversity

<p>Providing an overview of essential topics in multicultural psychology, <em>Humanistic Approaches to Multiculturalism and Diversity</em> focuses on the intersection of humanistic psychology and multiculturalism, including history, theory, research, and practice. </p><p>The authors examine the unique contributions of humanistic psychology to multicultural psychology on topics often ignored, such as cultural empathy and indigenous psychology and diversity. The book critiques and rectifies previous failures to adequately engage multicultural issues by providing methods for integrating multicultural psychology and humanistic therapy. Readers will find that each chapter advances scholarship through a dialogue with multicultural perspectives and builds a foundation for future scholarship and clinical practice.</p><p>This book will be of great interest to mental health professionals interested in humanistic and existential psychology. </p> <p><em>Foreword</em> <em>by Kirk J. Schneider</em></p><p><em>List of contributors</em></p><p>PART I: History and Critique of Humanistic Psychology from a Multicultural Perspective</p><p>1. Introduction </p><p><em>Louis Hoffman, Heatherlyn Cleare-Hoffman, Nathaniel Granger, Jr., and David St. John</em></p><p>2. Why I Left Humanistic Psychology </p><p><em>Geneva Reynaga-Abiko</em></p><p>3. The Challenge of Multiculturalism to Humanistic Psychology </p><p><em>Dan Hocoy</em></p><p>4. The History of Black Psychology and Humanistic Psychology: Synergetic Prospects </p><p><em>Theopia Jackson</em></p><p>5. Humanity and Inhumanity: Relational Themes in Humanistic-Existential Psychology and Multiculturalism Reflected in the United States Constitution, U.S. Constitutional Jurisprudence, and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights </p><p><em>Alan G. Vaughan</em></p><p>PART II: Multicultural Competencies and Beyond in Humanistic Practice</p><p>6. Multicultural Competencies and Humanistic Psychology </p><p><em>Lisa Vallejos and Zonya Johnson</em> </p><p>7. Microaggressions and Humanistic Psychology </p><p><em>Nathaniel Granger, Jr.</em> </p><p>8. White Privilege: A Multifaceted Responsibility </p><p><em>Michael Moats</em> </p><p>9. Culture and Empathy in Humanistic Psychology </p><p><em>Louis Hoffman</em> </p><p>10. Cultural Myths, Rituals, and Festivals </p><p><em>Heatherlyn Cleare-Hoffman, Louis Hoffman, and Jane Perlstein</em></p><p>11. No Time Like the Present: Embracing Psychological, Social, and Ecological Justice </p><p><em>David St. John</em> </p><p><strong>PART III: Applications in Multicultural Contexts</strong></p><p>12. Indigenous Psychology </p><p><em>Louise Sundararajan</em> </p><p>13. Humanistic Perspectives on Sexuality </p><p><em>Sara K. Bridges and Christina M. New</em> </p><p>14. Exploring Disability from the Lens of Humanistic Psychology </p><p><em>Juliet Rohde-Brown</em> </p><p>15. If You Live Long Enough: An Existential-Humanistic Perspective on Aging </p><p><em>Myrtle Heery</em> </p><p>16. Religious and Spiritual Diversity and Humanistic Psychology</p><p><em>Drake Spaeth</em> </p><p>17. Multiculturalism and Intersectionality: Weaving New Webs of Relationship and Solidarity </p><p><em>Joel Federman</em> </p><p>Afterword: Back to the Future </p><p><em>Ilene A. Serlin</em></p><p><em>Index</em></p>