Issues and strategies in leading an effective crosscultural counseling : a processing model for beginning culturally diverse counseling group leaders

Abstract

Counseling outcomes in culturally diverse groups are dependent, in part, on the match between the group's leader and the client's respective stages of racial consciousness. For example, the counselor and client may have opposing views on race, or the counselor's state of racial consciousness may be either more or less knowledgeable than that of the client. Each mix will lead to a different counseling outcomes. This article discusses issues and strategies in leading to an effective cross-cultural counseling and presents a processing model for beginning a culturally diverse counseling group leaders.