Preface to the Fifth EditionAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorPart I: The Mental Health Professional and DiversityChapter 1: You, the Mental Health Professional, and Social Justice in Mental Health PracticeThe Mental Health ProfessionSummaryChapter 2: Multicultural Competencies: Knowledge, Skills, and AttitudesMulticultural CompetenciesCompetency Guidelines, Benchmarks, and StandardsDiversity TrainingAssessment and ResearchImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 3: Multiple Identities DefinedMulticultural Counseling and Psychology DefinedDiversity: An OverviewA B C DimensionsConceptualization of the SelfImages of DiversityImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 4: Identities as StatusIdentities as Status: The Contextual and Social Construction of Differences and Consequences ModelAssumptions of Hierarchical Socialization PatternsImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryPart II: Our PeopleChapter 5: People of Native American and Alaskan Native DescentHistoryGeography and DemographySocial, Psychological, and Physical Health IssuesAcculturationCultural Philosophies and ValuesImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 6: People of Spanish and Latino DescentThe Spanish, Portuguese, Indians, Asians, and AfricansMigratory Patterns From MexicoDemographyGeographySocial, Psychological, and Physical Health IssuesMigration and AcculturationCultural Orientation and ValuesImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 7: People of African DescentHistory, 500-1500 ADThe Slave TradeResistance to SlaveryDemographic TrendsSocial, Psychological, and Physiological Health IssuesCultural Orientation and ValuesImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 8: People of Asian Descent, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific IslandersHistoryDemographySocial, Psychological, and Physical Health IssuesAcculturation and Experiences in AmericaCultural Orientation and ValuesAsian American Identity DevelopmentImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 9: People of the Middle East and Arab DescentThe Africans, Asians, Europeans, and ArabsMuslims and Arabs: Differences and SimilaritiesMigratory Patterns From the Middle EastDemographySocial, Psychological, and Physical Health IssuesCultural Orientation and ValuesImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 10: People of European DescentGeography and DemographySocial, Psychological, and Physical Health IssuesThe Meaning of WhitenessWhite Racial Identity DevelopmentWhite Privilege and ColorblindnessImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 11: People of Jewish DescentHistory of Migration and AcculturationDefining JudaismDemographySocial, Psychological, and Physical Health IssuesCultural Orientation and ValuesImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryPart III: Converging IdentitiesChapter 12: Converging Biracial and Multiracial IdentitiesDefinitionsDemographyThe One-Drop RuleThe Fluidity of RaceRacial SocializationMultiracial and Biracial Identity DevelopmentResearch and Multiracial PopulationsImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 13: Converging RaceThe Social Construction of RaceRace and ScienceOrigins of Racial GroupsOn Race, Ethnicity, and DifferenceImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 14: Converging GenderGender DefinitionsGender and BiologyThe Social Construction of GenderThe Long Arc of GenderSex and Gender RolesGender and EmotionGender and the BodyGender and Experiences in TherapyGender Identity ModelsImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 15: Converging SexualityDefinitions and TerminologyNarrative QuestionsThe Importance of a Focus on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Mental Health Diversity PracticeDevelopmental ProcessesCounseling LGBT Across Multiple IdentitiesImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 16: Converging Socioeconomic ClassThe Invisibility of Class as a Variable in CounselingThe Intersections of ClassClass: An Identity ConstructMiddle-Class Bias and Counselor TrainingThe Fluidity of ClassMiddle-Class Bias and Ethical StandardsClassismImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 17: Converging DisabilityUnderstanding DisabilityDisabilities and Children in SchoolsAdults and DisabilitiesVeteransDisability StudiesThe Social Construction of DisabilityAlzheimer''sPerfection, Beauty, and the Able BodyImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 18: Converging SpiritualitySpirituality and Religion DefinedSpirituality, Therapy, and Cultural ConsiderationsDiverse Healing StrategiesImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryChapter 19: Converging Social Justice in Clinical PracticeSocial Justice and EmpowermentPower and PowerlessnessSocial Justice and the Therapeutic ProcessFeminist Therapy and Social JusticePatient Navigation: Social Justice ExampleImplications for Mental Health ProfessionalsSummaryEpilogueReferences and Suggested ReadingsIndex.