ABSTRACT
The centrality of the therapeutic relationship is one of several forces that have propelled counseling and psychology training programs to adopt a multicultural lens, as there are few contexts where that quality of communication and interaction matters more than in the relationship between counselor and client (whether the client is an individual or a community). There has been marked progress over the past thirty years in coverage of knowledge and awareness around diversity in counseling and psychotherapy training programs (Arredondo, Tovar-Blank, & Parham, 2008; D’Andrea & Heckman, 2008; Sue, Arredondo, & McDavis, 1992), as well as in the integration of guidelines for competent multicultural practice into the professional standards of counseling organizations, accrediting bodies, and licensing boards (American Counseling Association, 2005; American Psychological Association, 2010; Fawcett & Evans, 2013). Facilitating multicultural competence has become central to ethical clinical and counseling training, with its responsibility resting on training programs and clinical supervisors (Inman & DeBoer Kreider, 2013; Sue & Sue, 2012).
