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This accessible practice-building reference establishes a clear social justice lens for providing culturally-responsive and ethical multicultural counseling for all clients. Rooted in the principles of Culture-Infused Counseling, the book�s practical framework spotlights the evolving therapeutic relationship and diverse approaches to working with clients� personal and relational challenges, including at the community and system levels. �Case studies illustrate interventions with clients across various identities from race, gender, and class to immigration status, sexuality, spirituality, and body size, emphasizing the importance of viewing client�s presenting concerns within the contexts of their lives. Chapters also model counselor self-awareness so readers can assess their strengths, identify their hidden assumptions, and evolve past basic cultural sensitivity to actively infusing social justice as an ethical stance in professional practice. � Included inthe chapters: � ��������� Culture-infused counseling, emphasizing context, identities, and social justice ��������� Decolonizing and indigenous approaches ��������� Social class awareness ��������� Intersectionality of identities ��������� Clients� spiritual and religious beliefs ��������� Weight bias as a social justice issue ��������� Culturally responsive and socially just engagement in counselling women ��������� Life-making in therapeutic work with transgender clients ��������� Socially-just counseling for refugees ��������� Multi-level systems approaches to interventions � While Counseling in Cultural Contexts is�geared toward a student/training audience, practicing professionals will also find the case study format of the book to be informative and stimulating. � ��Typham this is the title: Counselling in Cultural Contexts Identities and Social Justice