Reviews

Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Therapy (2008, 2nd edition). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Reviewers' comments:

It's hard to imagine how Pamela Hays could have improved on the first volume of this book. But she has, and with the depth and sophistication of thought about this challenging and timely issue that will delight her readers and raise the level of discourse in psychology about diversity and multiple identities. I have relied on Dr. Hays's work and model for many years and enthusiastically recommend this book to all who work clinically, teach clinicians, and strive to create social justice through the practice of psychology. -- Laura S. Brown, PhD, ABPP, Director, Fremont Community Therapy Project, Seattle

This is an excellent text for the multicultural or practicum course. It is well written, very practical, based on research, and speaks with authority and specificity to important issues in all counseling and therapy. I recommended it highly. -- Alan E. Ivey, EdD, ABPP, Distinguished University Professor (Emeritus), University Of Massachusetts, Amherst

Praise for the First Edition:

... may be the best book yet published for clinicians seeking a practical guide for working with patients across cultural boundaries.--Anthony Marsella, PhD, Professor Emeritus of the University of Hawaii

One of the best books for addressing assessment, diagnosis, and psychotherapy from culturally responsive perspectives. -- Patricia Arredondo, EdD, Assoc. Vice Chancellor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Pamela A. Hays has accomplished a way of simultaneously emphasizing the complexities of multicultural lives while simplifying the process of understanding these layered and integrated experiences...Her skill as a teacher comes through clearly...with an approach that is accessible, inspiring, human, practical, and achievable. -- Maria P. P. Root, PhD, Editor of Racially Mixed People in America, and The Multicultural Experience: Racial Borders as the New Frontier.

Culturally Responsive Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (2006, edited by Pamela A. Hays & Gayle Y. Iwamasa). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association:

Reviewers' comments:

... a timely book written by a gifted group of researchers and clinicians. This book has tremendous breadth, covering some groups that have received extremely limited attention, including Alaska Natives, Arabs, and Orthodox Jews...The book will be valuable to clinicians and researchers. -- Gordon C. Nagayama, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Now when therapists ask me in my workshops, "what should we know about delivery of cognitive-behavioral therapy to people of different cultures?" my answer will enthusiastically include a recommendation of this comprehensive guide. --Christine A. Padesky, PhD, author of Mind Over Mood.