Diversity and development : critical contexts that shape our lives and relationships / editor, Dana Comstock.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Traditional models of development : appreciating context and relationship -- Relational-cultural theory : a framework for relational development across the life span -- Critical thinking : challenging developmental myths, stigmas, and stereotypes -- Identity development and the convergence of race, ethnicity, and gender -- The developing counselor -- Women's development -- Male development and the journey toward disconnection -- Coming out and living out across the life span -- The developmental impact of trauma -- Sexuality across the life span -- Gifted development : it's not easy being green -- Grief, loss, and death -- Familial and relational transitions across the life span -- The relational impact of addiction across the life span -- Spirituality and spiritual development in context.