Diversity and Development: Critical Contexts that Shape Our Lives and Relationships
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (937 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0495796840 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gives the reader a good basic overview of past development theories and offers challenges to our past understanding of the lifespan. The author has paid great attention to the detail and contextual description associated with the relational-cultural model. The nontraditional approach is refreshing and long awaited.""The strength of the proposed text lies in the topic coverage and reflective questions introduced to the reader throughout. "A rich and very up to date text, written from a diversity of perspectives that is challenging and accessible at the
Comstock, Ph.D., is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), and the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW). She has written numerous journal articles and several chapters within edited texts. Dr. . Her interests involve women's issues and relational approaches to therapy. Dana L. Comstock has extensive training in Relational-Cultural theory and has recently completed the Jean Baker Miller Training
Master the basics of human growth and development with DIVERSITY AND DEVELOPMENT! Providing a brief overview of developmental theories, this counseling text discusses topics such as women and men's development, identity development, gay and lesbian issues, sexuality, trauma and abuse, chronic illness, gifted and talented individuals, grief and loss, family development, and addiction and resilience. Case scenarios link theory to practice to give you the opportunity to contextualize material from both traditional and relational models of development.
As ordered Virginia If you are seeking depth in understanding diversity, this is a very preliminary text. It does provide a place to start but if you are looking for one text to provide breadth of knowledge about diversity, keep looking, this isn't it.. "Relational Cultural Theory" according to Mary Disbrow. This book presents important concepts about social justice and incorporating the theory of relational connectedness of self in relation as opposed to self in isolation.. good seller I am happy with my purchase and i would purchase it again in the future if I needed it again.