ABSTRACT

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 leveled against traditional counseling practices as being demanding, irrelevant, and oppressive toward the culturally different. Admonitions to develop new methods, concepts, and services more appropriate to the life experiences of minority clients have been plentiful. Yet many mental health educators continue to argue the merits of including curriculum on ethnic minority groups and/or incorporating ethnic content into existing courses.