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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458282503321

Autore

Dobkin de Rios Marlene

Titolo

Brief psychotherapy with the Latino immigrant client / / Marlene D. de Rios

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Haworth Press, , 2001

ISBN

0-7890-1090-9

1-315-80928-1

1-317-78908-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/14/08968073

616.891408968073

Soggetti

Hispanic Americans - Mental health services

Brief psychotherapy

Immigrants - Mental health services - United States

Hispanic Americans - Mental health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1. An Anthropologist Becomes a Psychotherapist: Lessons from Shamanistic Healing; Medical Anthropology Concepts; The Biology of Hope; Chapter 2. Sociocultural and Psychological Assessment of the Latino Immigrant Managed Care Patient; Acculturation Stress; Socioeconomic Status of the Latino Client; Migration and Mental Health; Communication Style; Ethnic Identity and Value Orientation; Gender Issues; Cultural Mores; Health Beliefs and Practices; Chapter 3. Techniques That Work with the Spanish-Speaking Client

The Social Status of the TherapistGender of the Psychotherapist; Chapter 4. Metaphor and Misery: Does Everyone Think the Same Way?; Cognitive Development and Schooling; Metaphors: Some Examples; Chapter 5. The Typical Course of Therapy with the Spanish-Speaking, Time-Limited Patient; Chapter 6. Clinical Issues; Pain Control and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Marital Problems Among Immigrants; Attention Deficit Disorders with Hyperactivity; Anxiety and



Depression; Anger Management; Panic Disorders; Sexual Dysfunction; Psychopharmacology and the Spanish-Speaking Patient

Rebellious TeensAIDS; Chapter 7. Alcohol, Tuberculosis, and the Spanish-Speaking Immigrant; Useful Intervention Techniques for the Latino Alcoholic Client; The Tuberculosis Patient; Chapter 8. Maria, the Murderer, and the Misogynist; The Case; The Therapy Process: The Client; The Therapy Process: The Therapist; Chapter 9. The Non-Latino Psychotherapist and the Spanish-Speaking Patient; Using Interpreters; Appendix A. Hypnotic Inductions in English and Spanish; Suggestions and Metaphors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Pain Control (English Translation); Spanish Translation

Appendix B. Tests, Scales, and Resources Available in SpanishParenting Education; Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder Resources; Book Resources; Daily Duties; Assertiveness Training; Rational-Emotive Therapy Test of Irrational Thinking; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Understand the unique needs, beliefs, and values of your Latino immigrant clients!Brief Psychotherapy with the Latino Immigrant Client is a manual for the practicing psychotherapist or student, with tips on the assessment process and suggested interventions that work efficiently. With this book you will explore the influence of medical anthropological concepts on Latino immigrant populations in North America. The author draws on her experience as both a medical anthropologist and a licensed psychotherapist and on her extensive fieldwork in the Amazon for help in developing psychosoci