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An Organizational Framework for Understanding the Role Of Culture in Counseling
Author(s) -
PONTEROTTO JOSEPH G.,
BENESCH KEVIN F.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1988.tb00857.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , conceptual framework , psychology , transpersonal , psychotherapist , organizational culture , conceptual model , service delivery framework , quality (philosophy) , counselor education , counseling psychology , cross cultural , applied psychology , knowledge management , sociology , engineering ethics , service (business) , pedagogy , public relations , epistemology , social science , political science , computer science , engineering , higher education , business , marketing , anthropology , law , philosophy
Literature on cross‐cultural counseling has emphasized differences between groups and the need to develop culture‐specific techniques. Lacking a coherent conceptual framework, this focus has done little to improve the status of multicultural training in counseling programs and has not had a positive impact on the quality of service delivery to minority clients. The authors propose an alternative direction for cross‐cultural training and research. Building on work in transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy, they delineate a conceptual model that provides an integrative framework for understanding the role of culture in counseling.