Worldview and Change in Cross-Cultural Counseling

A model for conceptualizing the change process in cross-cultural counseling is presented, using worldview as a unifying construct. Drawing from anthropology and counseling process research, key understandings regarding culture and change are combined into a coherent framework that provides guidance...

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Published in:The Counseling psychologist 1996-04, Vol.24 (2), p.198-215
Main Author: Trevifio, Jane G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Afrocentrism
Attribution Theory
Behavior Theories
Change Agents
Changes
Counseling
Counseling Psychology
Counselor Client Relationship
Cross Cultural Training
Crosscultural counselling
Cultural Awareness
Cultural Pluralism
Culture
Ethnic Groups
Evaluation
Locus of Control
Multicultural Counseling
Multicultural Education
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Psychology
Racial Identification
Research Design
Research Methodology
Resistance (Psychology)
Social Class
Socialization
World Views
Worldview
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Summary:A model for conceptualizing the change process in cross-cultural counseling is presented, using worldview as a unifying construct. Drawing from anthropology and counseling process research, key understandings regarding culture and change are combined into a coherent framework that provides guidance to counselors on how to enhance the therapeutic relationship and effectively facilitate change in a cross-cultural counseling context. After the model is outlined, its operationalization in counseling and assessment is described and illustrated Finally, it is concluded that although further research is needed worldview appears to be a viable unifying construct for understanding change within cross-cultural counseling.
ISSN:0011-0000
1552-3861
DOI:10.1177/0011000096242002