Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health: Reconsidering Multiculturalism

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Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health provides mental health practitioners with up-to-date theory, cutting-edge research, and therapeutic strategies to assist them in their work with multicultural clients. By focusing on the immigrant psyche, this volume hones in on appropriate counseling interventions and effective, culturally-specific psychotherapeutic practices by introducing the use of Diversity and Identity Formation Therapy (DIFT), a theoretical concept designed for immigrant and sexual minority identity formation. This work can be used in interdisciplinary settings and is applicable for those working in a number of mental health disciplines including counseling, social work, therapy, and more. Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Dedication Page......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 8 Tables......Page 10 Foreword......Page 11 Reference......Page 13 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Introduction to Exploring Immigrantand Sexual Minority Mental Health......Page 15 Definitions of Multicultural Populations and Sexual Minorities......Page 17 Purpose......Page 18 Presentation of the Book......Page 19 References......Page 21 Part I Migration Patterns and Diasporic Experiences......Page 24 Introduction......Page 26 References......Page 28 Pre-Migration Visions and Reasons for Immigration......Page 30 Post-Migration Obstacles and Challenges......Page 32 Post-Migration Discrimination......Page 35 References......Page 40 Gender Roles......Page 43 Family Dynamics......Page 46 Cultural Preservation, Intergenerational Communication, and Language Transmission......Page 53 Language Transmission......Page 56 Academic and Professional Expectations......Page 58 Interpersonal Relationships......Page 63 Intergenerational Conflict......Page 64 References......Page 66 Chapter 3 Employment Barriers and Financial Stability......Page 69 Language Barriers......Page 70 Occupational Downgrading......Page 72 Discrimination in the Labor Market......Page 74 Recognition of Prior Learning and Reclaiming Professional Identity......Page 77 References......Page 79 Chapter 4 Mental Health Concerns......Page 82 Pre-Migration......Page 85 Post-Migration......Page 86 Immigrant Mental Health Conditions......Page 87 Culture Shock......Page 88 Ethnic Identity Formation and Acculturation Process......Page 89 Gender Differences......Page 90 Generational Concerns......Page 91 Stigma......Page 93 Stressors and Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Services......Page 94 Resiliency......Page 95 Mind Map......Page 97 References......Page 98 Part II Identity Development and Models......Page 104 Introduction......Page 106 References......Page 108 Chapter 5 Ethnic Identity Formation......Page 110 Vygotskian Dimension to Identity Formation......Page 118 Familial Influences......Page 120 Community Membership......Page 121 Individualistic and Collectivistic Ideologies......Page 124 References......Page 126 Chapter 6 Sexual Identity Development......Page 131 Cass’s Sexual Identity Model......Page 133 D’Augelli’s “Life Span” Model of Sexual Identity Development......Page 134 Familial Influences......Page 136 Dominant Culture Perceptions......Page 138 References......Page 139 Chapter 7 Intersection of Ethnic Identity Formation and Sexual Identity Development......Page 142 Description......Page 144 References......Page 145 Part III Emerging Trends in Multicultural Psychotherapy......Page 148 Introduction......Page 150 References......Page 152 Chapter 8 Cultural Competencies and Clinical Logistics......Page 153 Clinical Barriers......Page 154 Building Culturally Sensitive Rapport......Page 155 References......Page 159 Chapter 9 Multi-Theoretical Perspective Applicable to Immigrant and Sexual Minority Populations......Page 163 Psychoanalytic Therapy......Page 164 Narrative Therapy......Page 166 Multicultural Counseling and Therapy......Page 168 Buddhist Psychology......Page 169 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy......Page 171 Counseling Approaches for Sexual Minority Populations......Page 174 References......Page 175 Chapter 10 Diversity and Identity Formation Framework......Page 180 Family Case Study......Page 183 References......Page 198 Chapter 11 Future Directions and Concluding Thoughts......Page 199 Training......Page 200 Cultural Competence......Page 201 Interventions......Page 202 References......Page 205 Index......Page 208