Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health: Reconsidering Multiculturalism

Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health provides mental health practitioners with up-to-date theory, cutting-edge research, and therapeutic strategies to assist them in their work with multicultural clients. By focusing on the immigrant psyche, this volume hones in on appropriate counseling interventions and effective, culturally-specific psychotherapeutic practices by introducing the use of Diversity and Identity Formation Therapy (DIFT), a theoretical concept designed for immigrant and sexual minority identity formation. This work can be used in interdisciplinary settings and is applicable for those working in a number of mental health disciplines including counseling, social work, therapy, and more.

About the Author

Pavna K. Sodhi, EdD , is a psychotherapist, researcher, and educator in Ottawa. Her research merges mental health issues with concepts surrounding identity formation. Her work on immigrant issues, ethnic identity formation, sexual minorities, and multicultural mental health concerns has been featured in both national and international scholarly journals and books. She is fluent in English, French, and Punjabi.