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Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health provides mental health practitioners with up-to-date theory, cutting-edge research, and therapeutic strategies to assist them in their work with multicultural clients. By focusing on the immigrant psyche, this volume hones in on appropriate counseling interventions and effective, culturally-specific psychotherapeutic practices by introducing the use of Diversity and Identity Formation Therapy (DIFT), a theoretical concept designed for immigrant and sexual minority identity formation. This work can be used in interdisciplinary settings and is applicable for those working in a number of mental health disciplines including counseling, social work, therapy, and more.
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Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health
Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health provides mental health practitioners with up-to-date theory, cutting-edge research, and therapeutic strategies to assist them in their work with multicultural clients. By focusing on the immigrant psyche, this volume hones in on appropriate counseling interventions and effective, culturally specific psychotherapeutic practices by introducing the use of Diversity and Identity Formation Therapy (DIFT), a theoretical concept designed for immigrant and sexual minority identity formation. This work can be used in interdisciplinary settings and is applicable for those working in a number of mental health d isciplines including counseling, social work, therapy, and more. Pavna K. Sodhi, EdD, is a psychotherapist, researcher, and educator in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her research merges mental health issues with concepts surrounding identity formation. Her work on immigrant issues, ethnic identity formation, sexual minorities, and multicultural mental health concerns has been featured in both national and international scholarly journals and books. She is fluent in English, French, and Punjabi.
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Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health
Reconsidering Multiculturalism
Pavna K. Sodhi
First published 2017 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business © 2017 Taylor & Francis The right of Pavna K. Sodhi to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Names: Sodhi, Pavna K., author. Title: Exploring immigrant and sexual minority mental health: reconsidering multiculturalism / Pavna K. Sodhi, Ed.D. Description: New York, NY: Routledge, 2017. Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016045309| ISBN 9780415841863 (hbk: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780415841870 (pbk: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780203760345 (ebk) Subjects: LCSH: Cultural psychiatry. | Ethnopsychology. | Immigrants–Mental health. | Sexual minorities–Mental health. Classification: LCC RC455.4.E8 S636 2017 DDC 362.2089–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016045309 ISBN: 978-0-415-84186-3 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-415-84187-0 (pbk) ISBN: 978-0-203-76034-5 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India
To my daughters, Nadya