Counseling People Living in Poverty: The CARE Model

✍ Scribed by LOUISA L. FOSS; MARGARET M. GENERALI; VICTORIA E. KRESS

• Book ID: 102289062
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 97 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 2159-0311
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2011.tb00115.x

✦ Synopsis

Counselors frequently counsel clients who live in poverty. The authors describe the new CARE model that addresses the influence of multiple systems on poor clients' experiences. A social justice, humanistic intervention, the CARE model emphasizes cultivating a positive counseling relationship with poor clients, empathizing with their unique realities, and working to remove barriers to future success and well‐being by building on their strengths.