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Broaching the Subjects of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture During the Counseling Process
Author(s) -
DayVines Norma L.,
Wood Susannah M.,
Grothaus Tim,
Craigen Laurie,
Holman Angela,
DotsonBlake Kylie,
Douglass Marcy J.
Publication year - 2007
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.1556-6678.2007.tb00608.x
Subject(s) - broaching , parallels , alliance , psychology , ethnic group , meaning (existential) , race (biology) , identity (music) , empowerment , social psychology , psychotherapist , sociology , gender studies , political science , aesthetics , engineering , operations management , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , anthropology
The authors define broaching as the counselor's ability to consider how sociopolitical factors such as race influence the client's counseling concerns. The counselor must learn to recognize the cultural meaning clients attach to phenomena and to subsequently translate that cultural knowledge into meaningful practice that facilitates client empowerment, strengthens the therapeutic alliance, and enhances counseling outcomes. A continuum of broaching behavior is described, and parallels are drawn between the progression of broaching behavior and the counselor's level of racial identity functioning.