The Practice of Collaborative Counseling and Psychotherapy: Developing Skills in Culturally Mindful Helping

Pare, D. A. (2013). The practice of collaborative counseling and psychotherapy: Developing skills in culturally mindful helping. Los Angeles, CA: Sage. ISBN: 978-1-4129-9309-2. 477 pagesABSTRACTThe Practice of Collaborative Counseling and Psychotherapy: Developing Skills in Culturally Mindful Helping encourages active learning for readers by using reflections, vignettes, discussions, chapter summaries, and experiential exercises. Each story-like chapter is laden with rich insights on the counsellor-client relationship that is informed by relevant and current theoretical approaches to counselling practices. The book is written from a narrative perspective, which may be a drawback for those readers who find this approach to be esoteric. Nonetheless, Pare offers practical and theoretical skills framed within the narrative perspective.RESUMEThe Practice of Collaborative Counseling and Psychotherapy: Developing Skills in Culturally Mindful Helping [La pratique collaborative de counseling et psychotherapie : Developpement de competences d'aidant culturellement conscient] encourage l'apprentissage actif chez les lecteurs en utilisant des reflexions, des vignettes, des discussions, des resumes de chapitres, et des exercices experientiels. Chaque chapitre est comme une histoire et charge d'indications precieuses sur la relation conseiller-client a base d'approches theoriques actuelles et pertinentes aux pratiques de conseil. Ecrit d'un point de vue narratif-ce qui peut etre un inconvenient pour les lecteurs qui trouvent cette approche esoterique-ce livre de Pare offre neanmoins des competences pratiques et theoriques dans un cadre narratif.In his book, The Practice of Collaborative Counselingand Psychotherapy, David Pare encourages the integration of cultural mindfulness through collaborative practice. A relatively unique feature of the text is that it incorporates the voices of graduate counselling students in training, which makes it a useful resource for many students and counsellor educators. Further, Pares volume blends theory, research, and practice, drawing from his professional expertise in narrative work as an experienced psychologist, family therapist, and associate professor of educational counselling in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa.The text is divided into five sections. In the first section, Preparing for Practice, Pare argues that culture should always be considered in a counselling context; specifically, culture must not be understood from a Western perspective but from a broader concept that embraces inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity. The concept of culture is explored by drawing on the lived realities of individuals, such as Maria, who acts as both counsellor and client throughout the text. By using Maria as an example in both roles, Pare effectively demonstrates the mutual benefit of collaborative counselling. The author further focuses on the meaning-making process within the therapeutic relationship, where clients and counsellors are conversational partners engaging in collaborative dialogue.Section 2, Constructing a Foundation for Collaboration, offers insight into essential values for nurturing the counselling and psychotherapeutic relationship: respect, acceptance, empathy, caring, and safety. Pare highlights the need for counsellors to develop subtler receiving and listening skills. These skills allow counsellors to be present with clients and to demonstrate empathy and compassion. Pare further notes that silence should not be avoided, as it can be a positive strategy to embrace by strengthening the dynamic of the therapeutic alliance.Within Section 3, Mapping Clients' Experience, the author prompts counsellors to exercise cultural curiosity when engaging with clients, and to be mindful of the nuances underlying language. He draws readers' attention to the complexity and multilayered nature of dialogical conversations. Pare urges counsellors to be aware of and reject the power differential role of the perceived expert, which their clients often accord to them. …

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