The authors discuss the historical and contemporary connection to social justice issues in the fields of counseling and counseling psychology via the multicultural counseling movement. In addition, the authors present ways in which social justice issues can be addressed in counselors' and counseling psychologists' work with clients from diverse…

Identifies and expounds on the strengths of the Multicultural Assessment Procedure (MAP). Outlines some potential issues related to the MAP. Discusses implications for counseling psychology training and practice. (Author/MKA)

This study investigated the efficacy of a 12-week, Web-based peer supervision group in increasing school counselor trainees' collective self-esteem (i.e., positive feelings in identifying as a school counselor) and written case conceptualization ability. Results suggested that school counselor trainees who participated in a Web-based peer…

Perceived racial microaggressions by White supervisors were examined through a qualitative analysis of 10 self-identified Black doctoral supervisees in counseling and clinical psychology. Results indicated 7 microaggression themes directed toward this group: (a) invalidating racial-cultural issues, (b) making stereotypic assumptions about Black…

Examines the extent to which three self-report multicultural scales were measuring the predominant three-factor conceptualization of multicultural counseling competence. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis reveal that the three-factor model was not fully supported. Implications of the findings for clinical practice, training, and research…

Study examines the relationship among school counselors' emotional intelligence, empathy, and self-reported multicultural counseling knowledge and awareness. Findings revealed that school counselors' previous multicultural education, emotional intelligence scores, and personal distress empathy scores accounted for significant variance in their…

Article discusses various roles and functions of spirituality in the lives of many African Americans, and in particular on the impact of these issues on their mental health and willingness to seek formal mental health services. It highlights the importance of academic programs that prepare counselors to address spiritual and religious issues.…

Examines theoretical orientation as a predictor of multicultural counseling competence among school counselor trainees. As hypothesized, counselor trainees' empathy and academic training contributed significantly to their self-perceived multicultural counseling competence. (Contains 27 references and 2 tables.) (GCP)

Compares the effectiveness of in-person and Web-based multicultural supervision peer group formats. Results suggested that in-person peer group multicultural supervision offers a method of developing multicultural case conceptualization ability in school counselor trainees that is more effective and satisfying than Web-based supervision. Moreover,…

States that because of the importance of spiritual and religious issues in the lives of many racial and ethnic minorities, this issue highlights salient considerations and themes when counseling such populations. Recommends that understanding these spiritual and religious issues may allow counselors to help identify a broader range of available…

Investigates the role of prior academic training in multicultural counseling and interdependent and independent self-construals in predicting self-reported multicultural counseling competence in school counselors. School counselors (N=156) from the New York City area completed the survey. Results showed that the number of previous multicultural…

Investigates the contributions of prior multicultural training, racism attitudes, and White racial identity attitudes to self-reported multicultural counseling competence in 99 school counselor trainees. Results revealed that racism attitudes and White racial identity attitudes together contributed to significant variance in self-perceived…

Discusses the importance of counselors considering the intersection of multiple cultural identities in working with clients. The article serves as an introduction to the special issue, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Class in Counseling, of the "Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development." (Contains 28 references.) (GCP)

Common themes among the personal narratives pertaining to racism in this issue include racial socialization, "passing," biracial identity issues, awareness of racism, counselors as social change agents, racism in counselor training programs and counseling practice, and striving for nonracist identity. Implications for counselors'…

The Multicultural Competency Checklist was used to assess 168 counseling psychology students' perceptions of multicultural training in their programs. Students believed their programs had (a) required multicultural counseling courses; (b) diverse teaching strategies; (c) varied evaluation methods; and (d) multiculturally sensitive faculty. Also…