Culture and Therapy An Integrative Approach

This important new work places therapy in its sociocultural context and expands therapists' understanding of how culture and ethnicity impact on the therapeutic process. The author, Jefferson Fish, has a binocular vision of the therapist as subject and object. One views oneself both as an individual and as a representative of one's culture, as both an insider in one's own culture and an outsider in another culture, and as both the recipient of environmental influences and an influencer of the environment. Culture and Therapy helps clinicians recognize their own assumptions, learn from their clients, and make their skills and knowledge more useful to people from unfamiliar backgrounds.

Jefferson Fish is a Professor of Psychology at St. John's University.