ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the history of inclusion of race and culture in applied psychology specifically, counselling psychology. From its inception, counselling psychology was focused on social justice and concern for oppressed and marginalized people. In particular, European immigrants lacked language skills to be productive in the new world. The established ideal was White culture. In the last 53 years due to the contributions of racial non-dominant psychologists and theorists changes in the field have taken place to incorporate the effect of culture and context.. The chapter highlights changes in the practice of counselling psychology including, recognition of culture as a mediating variable for psychotherapy (race, gender, sexual orientation, class, sociopolitical history, cultural context, worldview [values, beliefs, and assumptions], intersectionality and social justice). The chapter ends with implications for the future of the profession.
