Latina/o Healing Practices: Mestizo and Indigenous Perspectives

by Brian W. McNeill

This edited volume focuses on the role of traditional or indigenous healers, as well as the application of traditional healing practices in contemporary counseling and therapeutic modalities with Latina/o people. The book offers a broad coverage of important topics, such as traditional healer's views of mental/psychological health and well-being, the use of traditional healing techniques in contemporary psychotherapy, and herbal remedies in psychiatric...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415954207
• ISBN13: 9780415954204
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"