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Implications of Cultural Values for Cross‐Cultural Consultation With Families
Author(s) -
Brown Duane
Publication year - 1997
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.1556-6676.1997.tb02373.x
Subject(s) - cultural diversity , diversity (politics) , cross cultural , psychology , empathy , cultural competence , cultural values , social psychology , sociology , gender studies , pedagogy , anthropology
Family consultation is aimed at facilitating the development of children by assisting parents to use more effective parenting techniques. Increasingly, consultants will find themselves conducting cross‐cultural consultation because of the diversity of U.S. society. R. F. Pinto (1981) pointed out that cross‐cultural consultants must be aware of their personal values and biases, be culturally empathic, be aware of their consulting paradigm, and be able to make culturally sensitive adaptations to their approach to consultation. Each of these points is addressed in this article.