White Counselor Trainees' Racial Identity and Working Alliance Perceptions

The interactive role of working alliance and counselor-client interpersonal behaviors in adolescent substance abuse treatment

This descriptive study explored the relationship between client and counselor perceptions of the working alliance and the interpersonal relationship dimensions of affiliation and control, and evaluated the relationship of perceptions of the alliance and of client and counselor interpersonal reactions to each other to client outcome after 3-6 months of treatment for substance abuse. Clients were...

The Relationship between Racial Identity and Acculturative Stress among African American Students in Counselor Training Programs

In this study, we examined racial identity and acculturative stress among 116 African American counselor education graduate students in Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) accredited programs. Results indicated that racial identity and acculturative stress remain viable variables to take into account with African American students in counselor e...

The Relationship of Supervisors' Attachment Styles to their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy in Providing Corrective Feedback and to the Working Alliance in Counselor Education

Who Am I? Racial Identity and Affect Among Biracial White-Blacks and White-Asians

The multiple-race population of the U.S. currently stands at more than 9 million and is one of the fastest-growing racial groups in the nation. In this paper, we examine the identities, affect, and attitudes of the two largest multiple-race subgroups—biracial White-Asians and White-Blacks—and examine where they reside in the U.S. racial divide. We theorize that biracials’ political attitudes ma...

Identity and Racial Harassment

Identity and Racial Harassment In a 1996 survey of U.S. military personnel, more than 65 percent experienced racially offensive behavior, and approximately one-in-ten reported threatening incidents or careerrelated racial discrimination. Perceived racial harassment is driven by social classifications that extend beyond racial group membership. While race clearly matters, there is also diversity...