ABSTRACT
I am a proponent of a race as culture perspective that I refer to as a race-based assumptive model (Carter & Qureshi, 1995). I have come to believe that in the United States the psychological and social boundaries that divide people the most are racial. I also believe that race is a major element in personality, and therefore in psychotherapy. The purpose of this chapter is to outline some of the core elements of my racially inclusive model of psychotherapy (Carter, 1995) and to illustrate its application in a clinical example. The chapter builds on the models of racial identity previously presented and extends these psychosocial frameworks to human development and therapeutic interactions. I also argue and illustrate how traditional psychotherapy and counseling theories have not included a consideration of race in human and personality development.
