Includes bibliographical references.

Pt. 1.Issues in diversity, cultural and counselling -- Pt. 2.Counselling procedures: Issues in counselling in the First Nations community / M.H. France, R. McCormick, & M. del Carmen Rodriguez ; Counselling issues with Asian youth / D. Sue ; Counselling Asian Canadians / K. Sharman ; The effects of bi-culturalism on young Indio-Canadian women / S. Sihota ; Acculturation and adaptation, providing counselling for immigrants and refugees / Y. Li ... [et al] ; Allowing, adjusting, achieving, helping immigrant children deal with acculturation in the school system / E. Cheboud ; Counselling Hispanics / M. del Carmen Rodriguez ; Counselling African-Canadians / E. Cheboud & H. France ; Counselling the Muslim client / A. Barise and H. France ; Biracial identity development / R. Awai ; Upon arrival, ordeals and challenges in working with international students / M. del Carmen Rodriguez ; The invisible minority, the role of the school counsellor in serving the needs of gay and lesbian students / H. Roberts / Counselling white ethnic Canadians / M.H. France & S. Bentheim -- Pt. 3.Application and practical approaches: The "Red Road", culture, spirituality and the Sacred Hoop / M.H. France, R. McCormick & M. del Carmen Rodriguez ; Pre-contact education and the role of storytelling / W. Edwards ; Sufism and healing / H. France ; Creating compassion and selflessness through Naikan / M.H. France ; Towards an integrated perspective, restorative justice, cross-cultural counselling and school-based programming / S.A. Moore.

This book is based on the belief of diversity and the importance of culture, that multicultural counselling offers an approach to working with people from different ethnic, racial, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations. Understanding the causes and costs of stereotypes and biases is vital if counsellors are to bridge the ethnic and racial divide.