Counseling Across and Beyond Cultures : : Exploring the Work of Clemmont E. Vontress in Clinical Practice / / ed. by Roy Moodley, Rinaldo Walcott.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Arredondo, Patricia,; Arthur, Nancy,; Bojuwoye, Olaniyi,; Collins, Sandra,; Curling, Deone,; Diaz, Jessica M.,; Epp, Lawrence R.,; Ibrahim, Farah A.,; Lee, Courtland C.,; Marshall, Ronald,; Moodley, Roy,; Pedersen, Paul,; Robinson-Wood, Tracy L.,; Sutherland, Patsy,; Vontress, Clemmont E.,; Walcott, Rinaldo,; Watson, Valerie,; Williams, Carmen Braun,
• HerausgeberIn: Moodley, Roy,; Walcott, Rinaldo,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

Professional counseling is a dynamic field, necessarily changing to reflect shifting societal norms and client needs. In an increasingly multicultural and globalized society, there is a growing need for counselors to be sensitive to the diverse needs of clients expressing different cultural and ethnic beliefs and facets of racial, gender, sexual, age, ability, disability, or class identities.Using as a starting point the pioneering work of Clemmont E. Vontress, the contributors to Counseling Across and Beyond Cultures trace the evolution of multicultural counseling and discuss remaining challenges for practitioners. Essays include a personal reflection by Vontress himself, critical analyses of the growth of multicultural counseling, considerations of his influence in Canada and the UK, and African and Caribbean perspectives on his work. Throughout, the importance of Vontress's accomplishments are celebrated, while critical analysis points the way towards further work to be done in the field.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Clemmont E. Vontress - The Culturally Wounded Healer in Cross-Cultural Counseling -- 1. Culture and Counseling: A Personal Retrospective -- 2. 'In the Therapist's Chair' Is Clemmont E. Vontress: A Wounded Healer in Cross-Cultural Counseling -- 3. A Theory of Apprehension? Fanon, Vontress, and Cultural Identity; or, How Not to Get Stuck There -- Part Two: Clemmont E. Vontress - An Inspiring Mentor in Cross-Cultural Counseling -- 4. How Clemmont Vontress Inspired and Reinforced My Cross-Cultural Passion -- 5. Clemmont Vontress: Reflections of a Long-Distance Mentee -- 6. My Apprenticeship to an Existentialist: Clemmont E. Vontress and His Therapeutic Philosophy -- 7. Counseling across Cultures: The Work of Clemmont E. Vontress from 1976 to 2007 -- Part Three: Clemmont E. Vontress - Challenging the Traditions of Transnational Counseling Contexts -- 8. Clemmont E. Vontress and His Work within the Sociopolitical Context of the United States, 1950-2000 -- 9. Clemmont E. Vontress and Multicultural Counseling in Canada -- 10. Clemmont E. Vontress and British Multicultural Counseling -- 11. Clemmont E. Vontress, African Cultural Imperatives, and Traditional Healing -- 12. Clemmont E. Vontress and Cross-Cultural Counseling in the Caribbean -- Part Four: Clemmont E. Vontress - Multiple Identities, Multiple Pathways, and Beyond -- 13. Clemmont E. Vontress and the Ongoing Cultural Crisis in Counseling -- 14. Privileging Multiple Converging Identities in Counselling and Clemmont E. Vontress -- 15. African American Women, Race and Gender Politics, and the Work of Clemmont E. Vontress -- 16. Reclaiming the Spirit: Clemmont E. Vontress and the Quest for Spirituality and Traditional Healing in Counseling -- 17. Paving the Path of Culture and Counseling: A Conversation with Clemmont E. Vontress -- Postscript -- Contributors -- Index