Integrating cultural influences into cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this book describes the application of CBT with people of diverse cultures and discusses how therapists can refine CBT to increase its effectiveness with clients of many cultures. It examines the characteristics of some of the most common cultural groups in the United States.

This is the first book to integrate cultural influences into cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). This engagingly written volume describes the application of CBT with people of diverse cultures and discusses how therapists can refine cognitive-behavioral therapy to increase its effectiveness with clients of many cultures.