Many mental health professionals have noted that racial and ethnic factors may act as
impediments to counseling. Misunderstandings that arise from cultural variations in verbal …

Lonner, & Draguns, 1977; Thomas & Sillen, 1979; Vontress, 1971) have pointed out that
white mental health professionals have historically ignored or minimized the importance of …

This handbook is a convenient reference book to review the history, present status,
fundamental assumptions, fundamental theories, and future directions of forty …

Ever since the 1960s, counseling and psychotherapy have been challenged as to the
appropriateness of the services they offer to minority clients. A barrage of criticisms has been …

The goals of counseling are particularly elusive when the client and counselor come from
different cultures or value perspectives. The mental health field is in a dilemma. Most trained …

Abstract review the cross-cultural counseling research literature published since 1970 [and]
develop guidelines for future research that could have implications for policy, training, and …

Many mental health professionals have concluded that racial or ethnic factors may act as
impediments to counseling (Attneave 1972; Carkhuff & Pierce 1967; Ruiz & Padilla 1977; …

Counselors continue to express concern about problems inherent in cross‐cultural
counseling. Despite the large literature on the subject, counseling members of ethnic groups …

Analyzes 4 major reviews of the research on the effects of race on counseling and
psychotherapy (SI Abramowitz and J. Murray, 1983; DR Atkinson, see PA, Vol 71: 18512; DK …

Most of the traditional counseling and psychotherapy theoretical orientations favored in the
United States claim to honor the unique psychological characteristics of clients, but, in fact …