✦ LIBER ✦

Counseling Preferences of African American Women

✍ Scribed by Jacqueline R. Smith; Linda Wermeling

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 147 KB
Volume: 6
Category: Article
ISSN: 1524-6817
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0029.2007.tb00025.x

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

African American women hold the greatest need for mental health services among ethnic groups but receive effective counseling least often. This study investigated their preferences of counseling services. Results revealed that the type of service delivery might not be as salient to African American women as counselor-client racial similarity.

Changing population trends and demographic shifts have had a significant impact on counseling services. Racial and ethnic minority groups make up 33% of the U.S. population according to national estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau (2006b). This fact is compounded by baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, who are rapidly aging and form one of the fastest growing populations in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006b; Woodard & Komives, 2003). As of May 2006, people age 65 years and older account for 12% of the total population. By 2030, an estimated 26% of older Americans will be a member of a visible racial/ethnic group (VREG; U.S. Census Bureau, 2006a). As these population shifts occur, there have been increased efforts to offer services that are more consistent with and sensitive to various dimensions of ethnic minority worldviews (Lee, 1997;Pack-Brown, Whittington-Clark, & Parker, 1998).

LITERATURE REvIEW

The counseling profession is striving to meet the counseling and mental health needs of VREGs. However, many counselors believe that traditional individual and/or group therapy is equally effective with all clients regardless of cultural/ racial differences (Pack-Brown et al., 1998). Counseling, often conceptualized

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Counseling African American Women: Multi

Counseling African American Women: Multiple Identities—Multiple Constraints

✍ Carmen Braun Williams 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 American Counseling Association 🌐 English ⚖ 92 KB

Multicultural counseling models have limitations in synthesizing multiple cultural variables such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. The author describes 3 multicultural models-Afrocentric, feminist, and "womanist"-and their application to psychotherapy with African American women. Usin

Having Our Say: African American Women,

Having Our Say: African American Women, Diversity, and Counseling

✍ Rhonda M. Bryant; Angela D. Coker; Beth A. Durodoye; Vivian J. McCollum; Sherlon 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 American Counseling Association 🌐 English ⚖ 83 KB

Balm in Gilead: Spiritual Dimensions in

Balm in Gilead: Spiritual Dimensions in Counseling African American Women

✍ Marsha Wiggins Frame; Carmen Braun Williams; Evelyn L. Green 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 American Counseling Association 🌐 English ⚖ 664 KB

Depression, Sociocultural Factors, and A

Depression, Sociocultural Factors, and African American Women

✍ Vanessa Lynn Hunn; Carlton David Craig 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 American Counseling Association 🌐 English ⚖ 124 KB

The authors discuss depression in African American women from a sociocultural perspective, including aspects of oppression and racism that affect symptom manifestation. The authors highlight __John Henryism__ as a coping mechanism, the history and continuing role of the African American church as a

Research With African Americans: Lessons

Research With African Americans: Lessons Learned About Recruiting African American Women

✍ Angela D. Coker; Hsin-Hsin Huang; Susan Kashubeck-West 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 American Counseling Association 🌐 English ⚖ 128 KB

The authors briefly explore literature related to recruiting African American research participants, reflect on their experiences conducting body image research with a sample of African American college women in an earlier study (s. Kashubeck‐West et al., 2008), and discuss some methodological and c

Counseling African American Men: A Conte

Counseling African American Men: A Contextualized Humanistic Perspective

✍ Phillip D. Johnson 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 American Counseling Association 🌐 English ⚖ 63 KB

Historically, the humanity of African American men has been attacked in a cruel and vicious manner. African American men have been categorized as animalistic beings without intellectual or moral qualities. In this article, it is argued that a contextualized humanistic approach can offer counselors a