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Counseling African American Women: Multiple Identities—Multiple Constraints
Author(s) -
Williams Carmen Braun
Publication year - 2005
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.1556-6678.2005.tb00343.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , sexual orientation , gender studies , lesbian , race (biology) , african american , class (philosophy) , sociology , gender identity , ethnic group , psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , anthropology , pedagogy , artificial intelligence
Multicultural counseling models have limitations in synthesizing multiple cultural variables such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. The author describes 3 multicultural models—Afrocentric, feminist, and “womanist”—and their application to psychotherapy with African American women. Using a case illustration of an African American lesbian client, the author offers strategies for assisting clients to integrate multiple cultural identities.