Multicultural Counseling

Aretha F. Marbley, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Director of Community Counseling in the Department of Counselor Education at Texas Tech University.  She is presenting Chair and Reginal Conference Director of the Texas Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). She has won many awards for her counseling work, including the Texas Counselor for Social Justice Outstanding Counselor Educator Advocate Award (2011) and the American Counseling Association, (AMCD) Human Rights Award (2010).

• Part I: Counternarratives From Hills and Molehills all Across America. An Amalgam of Cultural Stories. Part II: Cultural Stories The Black or African American Client's Story: The Souls of Black Folk. The Asian and Asian American Client's Story: The Myth of the Model Minority. The Hispanic/Latino Client's Story. The Native American Client's Story. Gender: Gunpowder and Lead. Part III: The Art of Forgiveness The Follow-up Interviews: 12 Years Later. Drum Majors for Justice: Social Justice Efforts for Women and People of Color. Engendering Hope: Reconciliation and the Power of Forgiveness.

"This book is a courageous examination of the ways in which the counseling profession as a whole has failed to adequately understand and respond to the needs of clients of color. Dr. Marbley artfully weaves historical data with the powerful individual stories of professionals of color who speak from their experiences as clients and counselors over a 12 year period." - Betty Merchant, PhD, Dean, College of Education and Human Development, University of Texas at San Antonio"The author should be commended for taking on this critical topic and endeavoring to present the unique experiences of individuals of color as both counselors and clients. The inclusion of these often absent voices in the discourse of providing culturally competent counseling services is absolutely essential and refreshing." - Leonie J. Brooks, PhD, Associate Professor, Towson University"Marbley's book Multicultural Counseling: Perspectives From Counselors as Clients of Color is both ambitious and innovative... Her research has the potential of being groundbreaking. The personal narratives add a richness of context and story that elaborate the theoretical underpinnings of multicultural counseling." - Mary A. Fukuyama and Shari A. Robinson, PsycCRITIQUES