Joseph Trimble has article published in 'Counselling Psychology Quarterly'

Joseph E. Trimble (Psychology) has published the article "Bear spends time in our dreams now: Magical thinking and cultural empathy in multicultural counselling theory and practice" in "Counselling Psychology Quarterly," 23(3), pp. 241-253 (2010).

The abstract of the article reads in part:

"Traditional lifeways and thoughtways of ethnocultural clients can impede the success of psychosocial interventions. Frequently hidden from the view of outsiders, traditional belief systems and practices are a source for explanations of various experiences ranging from occurrences of natural phenomena to the cause and treatment of physical and psychological conditions. Magical thinking as it’s referred to in the psychiatric literature often is a source of many of the explanations. However, conventional mental health counselors may view magical thinking as unrealistic and thus an obstruction to intervention. Given this consideration, magical thinking and its relevance for promoting cultural empathy form the major theme of this article."