Forest Books: N S Glickman & M A Harvey Culturally Affirmative Psyco With Deaf Pers(pb)

Starting from the premise that members of the Deaf community are best thought of as culturally different rather than disabled, the contributors present an approach to counselling Deaf people based on the best practices known in cross-cultural treatment of minority persons. Among the topics discussed are, the development of cultural self-awareness in Deaf and hearing people, the necessity to work with Deaf culture, and the specific skills of culturally affirmative counselling and psychotherapy. Paperback 304 pages 1999