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Perspectives on Intercultural Psychotherapy: An Igbo Group Analyst's Search for Social and Cultural Identity
Contributor(s): Azu-Okeke, Okeke (Author)
ISBN: 1138827029     ISBN-13: 9781138827028
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $161.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - General
- Psychology | Social Psychology
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Dewey: 305.896
LCCN: 2018037803
Series: Explorations in Mental Health
Physical Information: 156 pages
 
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In Perspectives on Intercultural Psychotherapy, Okeke Azu-Okeke explores cultural identity by drawing on his own experience as the first and only Black trainee in an Institute for Group Analysis in London and the impact this has had on his work as a lecturer and supervisor, as well as research from his group analysis sessions over many years to contribute a deeper awareness of the serious aspects of colonialism.

Drawing from the perspective of an Igbo man of the older generation who grew up in two conflicting cultures, the traditional Igbo culture of Nigeria and that of the British colonialists, Okeke provides a thorough study of how cultural identity can influence research and practice in whatever form it takes: the academic, the theoretical, the economic and the psychological. The book discusses how ignoring deeply held social and spiritual values can alienate many trainees and potential clients from participating in the professions of psychotherapy and counselling. It also reflects on the author's research into traditional Igbo methods of healing and compares these with Western models, especially of group analysis, and discusses how mutual learning can be achieved.

This book will be of great interest to counsellors and psychotherapists; arts therapists; sociologists and anthropologists; policy makers engaged in health and social care policies; practitioners of alternative medicine; social workers and mental health workers at all levels.