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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785322603321

Autore

Imani Nikitah Okembe-RA

Titolo

Head games [[electronic resource] ] : de-colonizing the psychotherapeutic process / / Nikitah Okembe-RA Imani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, 2011

ISBN

1-283-21368-0

9786613213686

0-7618-5174-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/14

616.8914

616.89147

Soggetti

Psychotherapy

Colonization - Psychological aspects

Psychiatry, Transcultural

Ethnopsychology

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

Contents; Preface; Chapter One. Virtual Reality; Chapter Two. "Mind-Space"; Chapter Three. Simulation; Chapter Four. The Patient as "Object"; Chapter Five. Weapons of Mass Distraction; Chapter Six. "De-Brief" and "Hack"; Chapter Seven. Taking the Helmet Off; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book is focused on the way in which ethnocentrism and cultural bias can impact public health, and in this case, psychotherapeutic process. It examines a family therapy program being run by a major public university, tied to the criminal justice system and the educational establishment.