A guide to the complexities of working with difference and diversity in counselling and psychotherapy.

Rose Cameron is a practitioner and a trainer in counselling and psychotherapy. She is currently a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

SECTION I: THE IMPACT OF ¿DIFFERENCE¿
Chapter 1: The Psychological Impact of Hostility
Chapter 2: The Social Construction of Difference: Race, Ethnicity, Nationality and Religion
Chapter 3: The Social Construction of Difference: Gender, Sex, Sexuality, Disability, Age and Class
Chapter 4: Reclaiming Identity in the 1970s and 1980s
Chapter 5: Contemporary Identities
SECTION II: BRIDGES AND BARRIERS TO THERAPEUTIC WORK
Chapter 6: Cultural Arrogance
Chapter 7: Cultural Humility
Chapter 8: Demonising and Romanticising the 'Other'
Chapter 9: Power and Prejudice
Chapter 10: Power and Privilege
Chapter 11: Challenges to Communication
Conclusion: The Therapeutic Relationship