MAKING MULTICULTURALISM RELEVANT FOR MAJORITY CULTURE GRADUATE STUDENTS

The revised accreditation standards for marriage and family therapy programs (Manual on Accreditation, 1988) require that the curriculum reflect an emphasis on “issues of gender and ethnicity as they relate to marital and family therapy” (p. 13). Training approaches that are described in the profess...

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Published in:Journal of marital and family therapy 1993-01, Vol.19 (1), p.5-16
Main Authors: Preli, Rona, Bernard, Janine M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College Students
Counselor Training
Cultural Influences
Cultural Pluralism
Curricula
Curriculum
Educational Programs
Ethnicity
Family counseling
Family Therapy
Graduate Students
Graduate studies
Higher Education
Marriage counseling
Methodological Problems
Middle Class
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Teaching Methods
White Students
Whites
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Summary:The revised accreditation standards for marriage and family therapy programs (Manual on Accreditation, 1988) require that the curriculum reflect an emphasis on “issues of gender and ethnicity as they relate to marital and family therapy” (p. 13). Training approaches that are described in the professional literature tend to emphasize an understanding of ethnic minorities while deemphasizing the trainee's own ethnic and cultural roots. As such, training lacks dynamic integrity for the white, middle‐class trainee. This paper describes a rationale for addressing the ethnic and cultural background of all family therapy trainees and provides training activities to accomplish this end.
ISSN:0194-472X
1752-0606
DOI:10.1111/j.1752-0606.1993.tb00961.x