Diversity, Culture and Counselling: A Canadian Perspective (2nd ed.), edited by M. Honore France, Maria del Carmen Rodriguez, and Geoffrey G. Hett. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Brush Educa- tion, Inc. (ISBN 978-1-550-59441-6, $44.78).Reviewed by GIRA BHATTDOI: 10.1037/a0035630The book is aimed at providing a basic understanding of diver- sity counseling within the Canadian context and tools for clinicians who work with diverse population. There are many books on multicultural counseling for a range of diverse communities; how- ever, most of these books have remained largely focused on the U.S. context. Given that historical events, immigration patterns, and social policy trends shape the psychological lives of individ- uals, the U.S.-focused approaches to counseling can have only limited relevance for Canadian counselors. The editors of this book are to be commended for compiling a series of diversity topics from a distinct Canadian perspective. The budding counselors of Canada who would inevitably encounter individuals from diverse contexts regardless of their practice setting will find the book informative.The book covers a range of topics to provide students in counseling programs in Canada with an awareness and appre- ciation of the competence and knowledge that would be neces- sary in their practice involving clients from diverse back- grounds. These would include learning about the history, demographics, belief systems, and counseling models pertain- ing to ethnicity, religion, culture, sexuality, and physical stat- ure. The book is organized around three themes. The first part consists of three chapters and provides an overarching frame examining general issues of diversity, culture, and counseling. The second part is the longest, with a total of 14 chapters that cover counseling issues for specific groups: the Indigenous; Asian Canadians; Muslims; Black-Canadians; multiracial indi- viduals; refugees; international students; people with physical disabilities; and individuals of diverse sexual orientations in- cluding gay men, lesbians, bisexual, transgendered, and so forth In the third part, there are nine chapters delineating application and practical approaches with a potpourri of counseling prac- tices of different cultural and religious traditions such as Yoga therapy, Sufism, Naikan, and storytelling.The first part has a well-written chapter on world views and their implications for the psychological functions and chal- lenges that a potential client may bring to counseling sessions. Although it is not within the scope of the book to elaborate on all prevailing world views, this chapter does well in alerting the students to be mindful of the role of world views in clients' lives, a valuable competency for counselors. However, the other two chapters fall short of clarity and organization of multiple issues that they attempt to address. A notable omission is a clear definition and explanation of culture, religion, ethnicity, and personal identity, which are the core constructs for counseling diverse clients. The discussion seems somewhat disjointed because it misses an underlying counseling theme while exam- ining a range of topics including racism, prejudice, discrimina- tion, stereotypes, class, language, cross-cultural communi- cation, racial identity, cultural adaptation, attitudes, behavior, and more. As such, the readers are likely to derive from these two chapters a less than comprehensive understanding of the issues and their relevance to counseling practice.The second part of the book, which highlights counseling contexts for clients of specific ethnic and cultural backgrounds, has some notable features. The most relevant among them is the inclusion of Canadian demographic data throughout most chap- ters. …