1. CHAPTER 13 MINORITY GROUP THERAPISTS: WORKING WITH MAJORITY AND OTHER MINORITY CLIENTS

2. Therapists of Color
Therapists of color are not immune from their own cultural socialization or inheriting the biases of the society as well

3. Interracial Bias and Discrimination
People of color become concerned about discussing interethnic and interracial misunderstandings and conflicts between various groups for :
fear that such problems may be used by those in power
assuage their own guilt feelings excuse their own racism

4. Oppressive Strategies
Divide and Conquer -“as long as people of color fight among themselves, they can’t form alliances to confront the establishment”
Divert attention away from the injustices of society by defining problems as residing between various racial groups

5. Minority-Majority and Minority-Minority Relationships
Not only do we need to engage in self-examination, but it is also clear we are a stimulus to clients through appearance, speech, or other factors that reflect differences
Self-disclosure, or the acknowledgment of differences, may increase feelings of similarity between therapist and client and reduce concerns about differences

6. Therapists’ and Counselors’ Obligations
All therapists and counselors need to:
Become aware of their own worldviews, their biases, values and assumptions about human behavior
Understand the worldviews of their culturally diverse clients
Develop culturally appropriate intervention strategies in working with culturally diverse clients