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Multicultural Counseling and the Orthodox Jew
Author(s) -
Schnall Eliezer
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2006.tb00406.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , judaism , diversity (politics) , mental health , psychotherapist , mental health care , counseling psychology , psychology , health care , sociology , medicine , pedagogy , political science , philosophy , anthropology , theology , law
The cultural diversity literature largely ignores the effects of religion, and especially Judaism, on counseling and psychotherapy. The author reviews the meager and mostly anecdotal accounts relating to Orthodox Jews in the literature of several related disciplines, including counseling, social work, psychology, and psychiatry. The objective is to identify the barriers, institutional and personal, that must be overcome before the Orthodox Jew can receive adequate mental health care and to suggest recommendations for clinical practice.