Replies to Dryden (1990) and De Jager (1992), exploring the role of organized counseling psychology in challenging, maintaining, or promoting apartheid. The role of counselors should be informed by an acknowledgment of the central involvement of race and politics within counseling psychology so that appropriate organizational interventions can be…

Responds to Lionel Nicholas (1993), suggesting that more direct confrontation on the response of counselors to apartheid is needed. Notes the relevance of the debate to counselors outside South Africa, and the need to deconstruct the implicit political agendas. (JPS)

Discusses the role confusion early intervention counselors in South Africa are likely to face, urging a distinction between disciplinary counseling and developmental counseling. Addresses particularly the black counselor's role in South Africa's caregiving system, highlighting the importance of issues of cultural diversity and sensitivity. (EV)