Broaching the Subjects of Race,Ethnicity, and Culture During the Counseling Process |
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| Authors: | Norma L Day‐Vines Susannah M Wood Tim Grothaus Laurie Craigen Angela Holman Kylie Dotson‐Blake Marcy J Douglass |
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| Institution: | 1. School Psychology and Counselor Education, The College of William and Mary;2. Department of Counselor Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, National Capital Region;3. Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation and Student Development, University of Iowa;4. Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling, Old Dominion University.;5. Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling, Old Dominion University;6. Center for Counseling and Student Development, East Carolina University;7. Counselor and Adult Education, East Carolina University;8. Department of Counseling and College Student Personnel, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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