50books_poc | Psychology/Psychotherapy/Counseling Books by People of Color

In contrast to my history on this community, I normally don't read a lot of fiction. I also don't read a lot of history books, ethnic studies books, or memoirs, which seems to constitute a lot of the nonfiction reviewed here. So I'm going to attempt to find some nonfiction books in disciplines I'm interested in.

First I'll try this with the discipline I'm planning on going into (any other aspiring therapists or practicing therapists on this community?) I am not actually familiar with any authors of color in the field off the top of my head; I've done a lot of reading, but following the usual trails leads one to a booklist that is really, really white.

(I have not read any of these books, so this is not an endorsement; it's just the first twenty-odd books that I was able to find.)

Even the Rat Was White: A Historical View of Psychology, by Robert V. Guthrie

The Psychology of Blacks: An African Centered Perspective, by Thomas A. Parham, Joseph L. White, and Adisa Ajamu

African American Psychology: From Africa to America, by Faye Z. Belgrave and Kevin W. Allison

Handbook of Multicultural Counseling, edited by Joseph G. Ponterotto, J. Manuel Casas, Lisa A. Suzuki, and Charlene M. Alexander

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, by Joy DeGruy Leary

Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery, by Na'im Akbar

Black Families in Therapy: Understanding the African American Experience, by Nancy Boyd-Franklin

Latino Families in Therapy: A Guide to Multicultural Practice, by Celia Jaes Falicov

Counseling Latinos and La Familia, by Azara L. Santiago-Rivera, Patricia Arrendondo, and Maritza Gallardo-Cooper

Native American Postcolonial Psychology, by Eduardo Duran and Bonnie Duran

Healing the Soul Wound: Counseling With American Indians And Other Native Peoples, by Eduardo Duran

Mental Health Care for Urban Indians: Clinical Insights from Native Practitioners, edited by Tawa M. Witko

Understanding Race, Ethnicity and Power: The Key to Efficacy in Clinical Practice, by Elaine Pinderhughes

Working with Asian Americans: A Guide for Clinicians, by Evelyn Lee

Clinical Practice with People of Color: A Guide to Becoming Culturally Competent, by Madonna G. Constantine

Asian Americans: Personality Patterns, Identity, and Mental Health, by Laura Uba

Understanding Abnormal Behavior, by David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, and Stanley Sue

Counseling And Psychotherapy With Arabs And Muslims: A Culturally Sensitive Approach, by Marwan Dwairy

Voices of Color: First-Person Accounts of Ethnic Minority Therapists, edited by Mudita Rastogi and Elizabeth Wieling

Handbook of U.S. Latino Psychology: Developmental and Community-Based Perspectives, edited by Francisco A. Villarruel, Gustavo Carlo, Josefina M. Grau, Margarita Azmitia, Natasha J. Cabrera, and T. Jaime Chahin

Asian Contributions to Psychology, edited by Anand C. Paranjpe, David Y.F. Ho, and Robert W. Rieber (who appears to be white)

Asian Perspectives on Psychology, edited by Henry S.R. Kao and Durganand Sinha

Indigenous Psychologies: Research and Experience in Cultural Context, edited by Uichol Kim and John W. Berry (who appears to be white)

Reflections on trying to compile this list:

This is a very difficult task.
It's hard to find psychology books by authors of color that aren't explicitly about race. The one exception I found was Sue, Sue, and Sue, which is a well-known psychopathology textbook written by three Chinese-American brothers. (But seeing what an amazingly white establishment these authors are going up against (example)... that's not at all surprising.)
I found a lot more books by/about African-Americans than any of the other groups I looked for. I hardly found anything by/about people outside of the US.
These mostly seem directed at people not in the racial/ethnic groups discussed - it seems like a lot of them are saying, "Hey, white therapists, please read this so you don't screw up too badly with my people." Which is, again, not surprising - and a book wouldn't be seen as "objective" and "academic" if it didn't take that perspective.
I kept finding family therapists and books about family therapy when doing this search. I think this probably has to do with the collectivist nature of a lot of non-white cultures (or, to turn it around, the heavy bias towards individual therapy in the white-authored literature reflects the individualist nature of white cultures).

As always, if you know of any more books, please share them!