Fifty-one clients were surveyed to examine the effect of counselor discussion of racial and ethnic differences in counseling. Analyses revealed that White counselors who discussed these differences with their clients of color were rated as more credible and as having stronger working alliances than those who did not discuss such differences.…

The authors investigated the role of race, racial identity attitudes and working alliance in counseling supervision using data obtained from supervisors in supervisory dyads. Results revealed the strongest working alliance for supervisor-supervisee pairs with high racial identity development and the weakest working alliance for pairs with low…

In a random survey of counselors working with socioracial minority clients (N=256), multicultural ethical dilemmas were rated according to frequency encountered and significance. Comparisons of counselors' ratings of multicultural ethical dilemmas determined specific dilemmas relevant to counselors in various professional settings. (Contains 33…

Presents research ideas for further study of the role of multicultural counseling competencies in counseling and psychotherapy. Research recommendations revolve around the ideas of including the client in the assessment of counselors' multicultural counseling competencies and of studying counselors' multicultural counseling competencies in…

Appalachians have been referred to as the forgotten people and are often overlooked in multicultural counseling. A case study is presented using the extended case method to enhance counselor awareness and demonstrate how counselors can apply knowledge of the Appalachian culture in the provision of best practices for this population.

Examined Black students' attitudes toward counseling, preferences for an ethnically similar counselor, and preferences for mental health resources within the framework of a model for racial identity. Results indicated that Black students' attitudes toward counseling are an interactive function of sex and racial identity. (BL)

This article explores factors historically and currently associated with dropout from counseling services by low-income Latino clients and the organizational barriers that continue to prevent Latinos from staying in the counseling relationship. Interventions and strategies that decrease dropout rates from counseling services by low-income Latinos…

Asked 100 Mexican undergraduates and 100 United States undergraduates to imagine an initial counseling session, the counselor's behavior, their own behavior as clients, and the counselor-client interaction. Found that Mexicans expected more openness from clients and less from counselors than did Americans. Significant sex differences were also…

Explores the relationship between white racial identity attitudes and expectations about counseling. Results indicate men and women differ in their expectations about counseling and their levels of white racial identity attitudes. There was no significant relationship between them, however. Results are examined in relation to previous findings in…

Discusses the importance of counselors considering the intersection of multiple cultural identities in working with clients. The article serves as an introduction to the special issue, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Class in Counseling, of the "Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development." (Contains 28 references.) (GCP)

Lesbian women of color may seek professional help to find their way through the challenges of being a triple minority. The authors discuss specific issues faced by African American, Asian American, Latina American, and Native American lesbian women, offering guidelines for affirmative practice when working with these women in a counseling context.…

Archival data were used to explore intake judgments made by 45 counselors about 344 African American and white clients seen at a counseling center during a 2-year period. Counselor gender was significantly associated with ratings of client severity of current condition. Neither ethnicity nor counselor experience was predictive of intake judgments.…