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The Structure and Development of Internal Working Models: An Integrated Framework for Understanding Clients and Promoting Wellness
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Griffith, Brian A. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2004
The author describes internal working models as unique, individualized conceptualizations of self that are embedded in and influenced by the surrounding sociocultural environment. These models, composed of beliefs, goals, and strategies, provide a framework that defines identity. Distorted, damaged, or self-defeating internal working models fail…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Social Development, Counseling, Well Being
The Cultural-Racial Identity Model: Understanding the Racial Identity and Cultural Identity Development of Transracial Adoptees.
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Steward, Robbie J.; Baden, Amanda L. – 1995
Counseling psychologists have yet to study the counseling needs of transracially adopted children. The intent of this paper is to present a model that increases understanding of possible adaptations of transracial adoptees. Race and culture of adoptees, parents, and that reflected within the community in which the family resides are all…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adopted Children, Child Development, Counseling