Main description:

This book is intended to sensitise psychotherapists, to strengthen practitioners' intercultural competence and to encourage them to form psychotherapeutic relationships with people with an immigration background who are suffering from mental health problems. In this context, intercultural psychotherapy refers to the therapeutic work between psychotherapists and patients who hail from different cultural contexts, which often considerably hampers language- and culture-based understanding. In the current context of globalisation and growing crises around the world, an increasing number of people with a migration background require psychotherapeutic treatment; as a result, intercultural psychotherapy may well become the rule rather than the exception. Psychotherapists are therefore challenged to adapt to such a context. Overcoming these barriers requires certain competencies such as working with a qualified interpreter. Contributions from international experts from the field of intercultural psychotherapy provide vital insights into the theory and practice of intercultural work with patients suffering from conditions such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, personality disorders and schizophrenic disorders. These interdisciplinary specialists describe their work, share valuable lessons learned, and put forward concrete recommendations.

Contents:

1. Intercultural Psychotherapy; An Historical PerspectiveRonald Wintrob, MD, John M. de Figueiredo MD2. The Current Role of Intercultural Psychotherapy Marion C. Aichberger 3. Standards in Intercultural PsychotherapyAdam Montgomery, Antonio Ventriglio, Dinesh Bhugra 4. Using the Cultural Formulation Interview in Intercultural Psychotherapy Neil Krishan Aggarwal, Roberto Lewis-Fernandez5. The Significance of Intercultural Psychotherapy in Further Education and Professional Training Thomas Wenzel, Boris Drozdek, Anthony Fu Chen, Maria Kletecka-Pulker6. The Role of Language in Intercultural PsychotherapyMeryam Schouler-Ocak 7. The Role of the Interpreters in Intercultural psychotherapy Ulrike Kluge8. The Patient--Therapist Relationship in Intercultural PsychotherapyHans Rohlof9. Cultural Competence in PsychotherapyAdil Qureshi 10. Adopting an Intercultural Perspective in Mental HealthcareSofie Baarnhielm, Frida Johansson-Metso, Anna-Clara Hollander11. Intercultural Balint WorkVolker Haude12. Religion and Spirituality in Intercultural TherapyLimore Racin, Simon Dein13. Gender-Specific Aspects of Intercultural Psychotherapy for Traumatised Female RefugeesMarianne C. Kastrup, Klement Dymi 14. Ethical Aspects of Psychotherapy in Forced Migrants Solvig Ekblad15. Psychotherapy Using Electronic MediaDavor Mucic, Donald M. Hilty 16. Measuring the Outcomes of Intercultural TherapyJessica Carlsson, Sabina Palic, Erik Vindbjerg 17. Global Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Intercultural PsychotherapyRenato D. AlarconPart I Insights into special target groups18. Ethnocultural Diversity in the Mind: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Non-Western Immigrants in the Netherlands.Wouter Gomperts19. Psychotherapy for Africans with a Migration BackgroundSamuel O. Okpaku20. Cultural Psychiatry and the Implementation of Transcultural Psychotherapy in ChinaXudong Zhao, Jie Qian 21. Psychotherapy for Latin Americans Sergio Villasenor-Bayardo, Carlos Rojas-Malpica, Martha Patricia Aceves-Pulido, Daniel Delanoe 22. The Challenges of Interpreting in Psychotherapy: Interpreters Stand ApartJan Cambridge, Swaran Singh, Mark R D Johnson 23. Psychotherapy in JapanKiyoshi Nishimura 24. Psychotherapy for IndonesiansDhalia, Marthoenis 25. Psycho Social Interventions in Rehabilitation: An Intercultural PerspectiveReham Aly, Farooq Naeem, Afzal Javed