Limited literature is available applying specific theoretical orientations with American Indians. Solution-focused therapy may be appropriate, given the client-identified solutions, the egalitarian counselor/client relationship, the use of relationships, and the view that change is inevitable. However, adaption of scaling questions and the miracle…

With the significant growth of the Muslim population in the United States, there has been a corresponding increase in the need for mental health services. The author discusses techniques for incorporating Islamic beliefs and practices in the counseling process. The fundamental goal is to ensure ethical and effective treatment for Muslim clients.

Reviews cross cultural counseling research according to given categories of dependent variables: client use, client preference; counselor prejudice; differential diagnosis; differential process; differential treatment; and differential outcome. Research outcomes are examined across ethnic groups, research designs, and research settings. (BL)

In a study of 20 female and 21 male Korean clients with three group counseling approaches (individualistic, collective, and combination of both), no treatment effects were found for social commitment or perceptions of counselor effectiveness. Significant changes were seen in individualism-collectivism congruent with different treatments. (Author)

The author discusses the adherence of culturally sensitive treatment (CST) to evidence-based practice. CST is distinguished from empirically supported treatment. Therapists are advancing CST by designing and evaluating interventions and evolving their understanding of what makes CST work. (Contains 2 tables.)

The systemic approach to counseling is a model that should be used in providing mental health services to Black men. The model allows the counselor to view clients' problems in the context of the systems that affect them on a daily basis. The model requires the counselor and the client to be provocative and proactive. (Author/ABL)

Presents research ideas for further study of the role of multicultural counseling competencies in counseling and psychotherapy. Research recommendations revolve around the ideas of including the client in the assessment of counselors' multicultural counseling competencies and of studying counselors' multicultural counseling competencies in…

Examines the literature for strategies in establishing therapeutic relationships with African-American men. Notably absent are empirical data pertaining to the effectiveness of psychotherapy with this population. Reviews the literature on psychotherapy and proposes an agenda for the next decade of research with African-American male clients.…

Reviews the literature on Amerasians and offers suggestions for directions in psychotherapy. Provides a brief chronology of Amerasian emigration and associated psychological issues, followed by a discussion of myths and generalizations about Amerasians, research findings, and adjustment issues. (RJM)