Bridging East-West Psychology and Counselling

Exploring the Work of Pittu Laungani
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-81-321-0445-2
Verlag: Sage Publications India

Buch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 504 g

This edited volume in honour of Dr Pittu Laungani, one of the leading cross-cultural psychologists of the West, brings together renowned names in the field of Psychology who critique Dr Laungani’s contribution from various angles. It explores the nature of cross-cultural psychology, counselling and psychotherapy, specifically attempting to build bridges between Indian philosophy and the Western approaches and methods.

The various chapters consider interesting and challenging questions like culture and stress, traditional healing and Hindu spirituality, and caste, class and culture and their relationship to counselling psychology. The book will be of great interest to those teaching and studying courses on cross-cultural counselling and psychotherapy and also multicultural social work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moodley, Roy

Rai, Aanchal

Alladin, Waseem

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Alvin Curling
Introduction - Roy Moodley, Aanchal Rai and Waseem Alladin
PART ONE: BUILDING MULTIPLE CULTURAL BRIDGES
Building Multicultural Counselling Bridges: The Holy Grail or a Poisoned Chalice - Pittu Laungani
The Reciprocal Gaze: Pittu Laungani's Musings about Culture and Stress - Amrita Narayanan
Traditional Healing and Spirituality - Pittu Laungani

Building Bridges in Counselling - Roy Moodley

Dancing with the Master: An Interview with Pittu Laungani - Lana Stermac
PART TWO: PLAYING AMONGST THE PILLARS OF EAST-WEST PSYCHOLOGY

Cross-Cultural Psychology: A Handmaiden to Mainstream Western Psychology - Pittu Laungani
Unresolved Issues in Philosophy and Psychology: Implications for Therapy - Pittu Laungani
Playing amidst the Pillars: Pittu Laungani and Yogic Psychology - Amrita Narayanan

South Asian Traditional Healing in Counselling: Laungani's Search for a Transcultural Approach - Aanchal Rai and Roy Moodley
East-West Journey in Counselling Psychology: An Interview with Pittu Laungani - Roy Moodley
PART THREE: TOWARDS WISDOM IN THE PRACTICE OF COUNSELING AND THERAPY

Transcending the Boundaries of Counselling: Pittu Laungani as Master Counsellor - Juris G Draguns
Caste, Class and Culture: A Case Study - Pittu Laungani
Pittu Laungani a Bicultural Psychologist: Commentary on 'Caste, Class and Culture' - Alan Roland
Solitude of Unbearable Shame: An Analysis of Two Case Studies by Pittu Laungani - Sabar Rustomjee

Becoming a Cultural Chameleon: Pittu Laungani, Western Counsellors and Multicultural Clients - William West
PART FOUR: MULTICULTURAL TRANSITIONS AND THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS
Counselling and Therapy in a Multicultural Setting - Pittu Laungani
Migration, Cultural Values and the Medical Model: Pittu Laungani and Psychotherapy - Ruth M Lijtmaer
Tortoises and Turtles: Pittu Laungani, Cultural Transitions and Therapeutic Relations - Fevronia Christodoulidi and Colin Lago
Transcending East/West Boundaries: Pittu Languani and Cross-Cultural Counselling - Maya Hammer and Waseem Alladin
Pittu Laungani, Multicultural Humanism and Electric Psychotherapy - Sandra E S Neil
Religious Rites and Rituals in Death and Bereavement: An Indian Experience - Pittu Laungani
PART FIVE: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS OF FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES

Antoinette Thomas

Ann Laungnai

Stephen Palmer

Waseem Alladin

Uwe P Gielen

Richard De Zoysa

Nicolo Pipitone
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rai, Aanchal
Aanchal Rai, MA is a psychotherapist working in Toronto with several years of experience of providing counselling and therapy to clients suffering from a range of psychological difficulties. Her research and publication interests include multicultural and diversity counselling and South Asian traditional forms healing. Her publications include Bridging the Gap: Western Counselling and South Asian Mental Health Needs (2009), Role of South Asian Traditional Healers in Counselling (M.A. Thesis, University of Toronto, 2008) and Pilot Study of a Personalized Feedback Intervention for Problem Gamblers (2009), co-edited Within and Beyond Borders: Critical Multicultural Counselling in Practice (2009).

Alladin, Waseem
Waseem Alladin, Psy.D. is the Editor in Chief of Counselling Psychology Quarterly, an international journal of theory, research practice. He is the Clinical Director of the Centre for Work Stress Management/Centre for Cognitive Neuropsychology Therapy and Head of Psychology department, Autism Care, UK. He is a consultant chartered clinical and counselling psychologist and a forensic clinical neuropsychologist. He has published in the fields of transcultural and clinical psychology and chronic pain. He presented an ethnobiopsychosocial model for counselling and psychotherapy at the 2008 UNESCO Paris Conference.

Moodley, Roy
Roy Moodley, PhD, is Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada and Director of the Centre for Diversity in Counselling and Psychotherapy. His research interests include critical multicultural counseling/psychotherapy; race and culture in psychotherapy; traditional healing practices; and gender and identity. He is the author/editor or co-editor of 12 books, including: Integrating Traditional Healing Practices into Counseling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2005), Race, Culture and Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2006), and Caribbean Healing Traditions: Implications for Health and Mental Health (Routledge, 2013).