Affirmation approach to counseling offers counselors a flexible set of verbal skills that permit rapport with reluctant, Black, male clients while avoiding damage to self-esteem that occurs when these clients are persuaded to change by counselor-influencing techniques. Affirmation techniques enable counselors to deal with each Black, male client…

The systemic approach to counseling is a model that should be used in providing mental health services to Black men. The model allows the counselor to view clients' problems in the context of the systems that affect them on a daily basis. The model requires the counselor and the client to be provocative and proactive. (Author/ABL)

Discusses the relationship between stress, depression, homicide, and suicide within the psychosocial context of an ethnic minority group; examines the relationship between mental health and destructive behavior among Blacks; and suggests some possible methods of intervention as well as prevention of destructive behaviors among members of the Black…

This article describes the design and implementation, within a culturally sensitive context, of a multiservice, community-based counseling intervention aimed at promoting personal and career development of urban, African American youth. Components of this program can be adapted in planning future developmental interventions with this particular…

Describes school counselor intervention program used for facilitating the personal development of adolescents. Notes that intervention occurred through activities that were designed for black female adolescents in a secondary public school. Describes how goals were met through structured developmental activities, counseling sessions, and organized…

Discusses implementation and evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) educational intervention for college student leaders in African-American, Latino, feminist, and gay and lesbian campus organizations. Describes participants and recruitment, intervention techniques, evaluation, and implications of…