Psychology
Guess who's coming to therapy? Getting comfortable with conversations about race and ethnicity in psychotherapy
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Despite the fact that clinical psychology training programs now typically offer course work in multicultural issues, many professional psychologists may continue to feel unsure about how and when to incorporate multicultural awareness into their everyday clinical work. Having open discussions with clients regarding issues of race and ethnicity is one way to actively include a multicultural element into psychotherapy, as well as to strengthen the therapeutic alliance and promote better treatment outcome. The authors make several recommendations designed to provoke thought and stimulate conversation about race and ethnicity in the context of psychotherapy.
Publication Title
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
Publication Date
2003
Volume
34
Issue
3
First Page
278
Last Page
286
ISSN
0735-7028
DOI
10.1037/0735-7028.34.3.278
Keywords
psychotherapy, psychotherapeutic processes, race & ethnicity factors, multicultural issues, cultural sensitivity, therapeutic alliance
Repository Citation
Cardemil, Esteban V. and Battle, Cynthia L., "Guess who's coming to therapy? Getting comfortable with conversations about race and ethnicity in psychotherapy" (2003). Psychology. 247.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_psychology/247