Transcultural Counselling and Psychotherapy in the 1990s

Transcultural counselling has its origins in practice rather than theory. There still remains a unified method to develop, and extensive epidemiological and clinical research to carry out, The growing body of work in the field of mental illness and racism, however, has encouraged clinical counsellors in the UK to describe, prescribe, develop and publish their work much more widely. Some recent developments are outlined against the background of political and social changes in Britain in the nineties. Implications for research, training and service delivery are examined.