Career Counseling With Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups

This book reviews empirical research on career development for workers of color and outlines strengths-based approaches to assessment and intervention to help them thrive.

Each chapter in the book's first half synthesizes the literature on a specific racial/ethnic group—Black Americans, Latine Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans and Alaskan Natives, and immigrants (including refugees and short-term residents)—with a corresponding chapter in the second half detailing best practices for helping members of these communities achieve their educational and career goals.

Foundational chapters identify the historical roots of discrimination and oppression that perpetuate in institutional barriers and biases today. They also explore vocational psychology literature—including key career theories like social cognitive career theory and the psychology of working theory—alongside multicultural psychology research and perspectives, such as critical race theory and intersectionality, to create an antiracist, decolonial, and liberatory framework for understanding the experiences and cultural values of workers of color.

Subsequent chapters highlight strategies and programs that are tailored to meet clients' individual and communal needs. They target multiple stages of career development, from education and career preparation for adolescents, to helping early career professionals build their skillsets, and to working with more experienced professionals seeking different career paths. Using these methods, practitioners can promote self-efficacy and culturally based healing to cope with racial trauma while also directly confronting systemic racism and colorism.

Contributors

An Introduction to Decolonial and Liberatory Psychology in Career Assessment and DevelopmentLisa Y. Flores, Frederick T. L. Leong, and Laura Reid Marks

Part I. Career Development Theory and Research

• Chapter 1. Working While Black in the United States: Career Development Theory and Research
  Laura Reid Marks, Nicholas Reese, Kerrie Wilkins-Yel, and Rosie Phillips Davis
• Chapter 2. Latines and Work: Moving Toward a More Inclusive Theory and Research
  Lisa Y. Flores, Jinkoo Lee, and Alan Guandique
• Chapter 3. Career Development of Asian Americans: A Review and Reformulation
  Frederick T. L. Leong, Cheng Lanting, and Liu Yuying
• Chapter 4. Overview of Work and Career Development Theories, Models, and Research Among Native Americans and Alaskan Natives
  Anna Kawennison Fetter, Pilar Gauthier, and Mindi Thompson
• Chapter 5. Vocational Theory, Research, and Practice With Migrant Communities
  Neeta Kantamneni and Mun Yuk Chin

Part II. Career Assessment, Interventions, and Practice

• Chapter 6. Applying Decolonial, Liberation, and Structural Competency Psychologies to Career Counseling With Black Communities
  Kerrie Wilkins-Yel, Laura Reid Marks, Nasitta Keita, Tiffany R. Williams, and Taisha Caldwell-Harvey
• Chapter 7. Vocational and Career Interventions, Practice, and Assessment With Latine Americans in the United States
  Saba Rasheed Ali, Carlos Mendieta, and Jiyoung Shin
• Chapter 8. Career Assessment, Interventions, and Practice With Asian Americans
  Han Na Suh
• Chapter 9. Vocational and Career Interventions, Practice, and Assessment With Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in the U.S.
  Sherri L. Turner, Patrick J. Rottinghaus, and Carolyn A. Berger
• Chapter 10. Creating Work Interventions for Global Justice Among Sojourners, Refugees, and Other Immigrants: A Critical and Reciprocal Education for Equity (CREE) Approach
  Germán A. Cadenas, Marsha Akoto, Madison Tschauner, and Christopher T. H. Liang

Part III. The Past and the Future of Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Career Counseling

• Chapter 11. The Roots, Restoration, and Rising of Antiracist and Liberatory Career Counseling from the Global Majority
  PerspectivesYunkyoung Loh

Index

About the Editors

Lisa Y. Flores, PhD, is a professor of psychology in the Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri. She has published journal articles and book chapters and given conference presentations on the career development of Latinx women and the integration of Latinx immigrants in rural communities. Dr. Flores is editor of the APA Handbook on Counseling Psychology and editor of the Journal of Latinx Psychology. She is an APA fellow and has received several awards, including the Distinguished Career Award from the Society of Vocational Psychology and the Shining Star Award from the National Multicultural Conference and Summit.

Frederick T. L. Leong, PhD, is a professor of applied psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. He is editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Counseling, the APA Handbook of Multicultural Psychology, and the APA Handbook of Psychotherapy. He is the founding editor of the Asian American Journal of Psychology. Dr. Leong is past president of APA Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race) and the Asian American Psychological Association. He has received many awards, including the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

Laura Reid Marks, PhD, is associate professor in the Center for Translational Behavioral Science in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine at Florida State University's College of Medicine, where she directs the Global Research on Working to Ameliorate Health Disparities Research Lab. Her research focuses on health disparities, including microaggressions, mental health, and health behaviors, and the development of culturally tailored interventions, as well as career and professional development. Dr. Marks held faculty positions in the University of Memphis's counseling psychology program and in the combined counseling and school psychology doctoral program at Florida State University. Visit her website.opens in new window