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Multicultural Group Work: A Force for Developing and Healing

2007; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 32; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/01933920701431537

1549-6295

Donald C. Anderson,

Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics

Abstract Multicultural group work represents a powerful tool for helping and healing in the context of human diversity. This article summarizes multicultural group work, including task, psychoeducational, counseling, and psychotherapy groups, and describes a group work model for multicultural assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning. Group work assessment and diagnosis should be culturally informed involving emic, etic, and a dialectic assessment perspective. Treatment planning begins with culturally informed conceptualizations of group treatment. It should include intentional stage-specific treatment strategies with multiculturally responsive interventions, which continuously address powerful inclinations, liabilities, and needs resulting from human diversity and dialectic interactions between diverse clients. Keywords: culturegroup workgroup counselingmulticulturaltreatment planning Additional informationNotes on contributorsDonald AndersonDonald Anderson, Ed.D., is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Counselor Education at Radford University in Radford, Virginia.