Behavior therapy and the minority client

Wilson, Woodrow; Calhoun, James F.

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“…Certainly, upon careful review and analysis of the behavioral literature, one may identify a number of potential "problems," in the actual application of behavior therapy with these clients, which would seem to demand systematic study before definitive judgment is made regarding the appropriateness and/or efficacy of behavior therapy as a modality for poor and minority clients. Wilson & Calhoun (1974) and Caldwell-Colbert & Jenkins (1982), for example, have discussed a number of "nonspecific factors" (e.g., therapist and client's adjustment,to the relationship, selfdisclosure, language and communication styles, culturally determined values, and culturally determined views of adaptive and appropriate behavior) which could possibly have crucial impact on the course and outcome of behaviorally oriented therapy with minority populations. That behavioral researchers and therapists have not been stimulated to investigate and address such issues may be due, in part, to a basic failure to distinguish between characteristics theoretically inherent in the modality and its actual application or the therapist who applies it.…”

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Behavior therapy for non-White, non-YAVIS clients: Myth or panacea?

Smith

Dejoie-Smith²

1984

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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In response to research in the last two decades which increasingly has pointed to a lack of congruence between traditional aspects of insight-oriented therapy and the social facts and realities of non-white and non-YAVIS populations, a number of mental-health professionals have championed a move to more behaviorally oriented modalities as more appropriate and potentially prescriptive for these clients. This article points out the weak empirical bases for such claims and questions the failure of behaviorally oriented researchers to systematically examine either the relative utility of behavior therapy with poor and minority clients or its actual congruence with their life-styles and experiences.The mental-health field has traditionally, and often unsuccessfully, attempted to transfer concepts and techniques developed with white, middle-class, "young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, and successful" (YAVIS) clients (Schofield, 1964) in toto to populations which differ ethnically, socially, culturally, or economically (Jones, 1974;Lorion, 1974;Sue & Sue, 1977). Such undifferentiated use of insight-oriented approaches to psychotherapy and counseling has been found to result in therapists rejecting non-white, non-YAVIS clients for treatment, and in a high rate of premature termination Requests for reprints should be sent to

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Behavior therapy for non-White, non-YAVIS clients: Myth or panacea?

Smith

Dejoie-Smith²

1984

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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“…Discussion focuses on cultural and moral issues and procedural difficulties in applying a social learning approach to minority clients (Hayes, 1972;Jackson 1976;Wilson & Calhoun, 1974). Students receive training on how to modify behavioral procedures and techniques to increase their cultural appropriateness and usefulness for minority clients.…”

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Training psychologists to work with minority clients: A prototypic model with Black clients.

Green¹

1981

Professional Psychology

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“…Techniques such as behavior modification have either been disclaimed (Cobb, 1974) in terms of how they have been used in the past on black clients, or recommended for use only when under the control of black people (Bardo, Bryson, & Cody, 1974). In short, even though behavior modification techniques have been seen as progressive in comparison to psychodynamic ones (F. Harper, 1973;Hayes & Banks, 1972), professionals have been cautioned about using them if they are not familiar with black culture (W. Calhoun & Wilson, 1974).…”

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The African genesis of the Black perspective in helping.

Jackson¹

1976

Professional Psychology

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This article suggests that black Americans can be understood best from a design that recognizes a cultural connection to Africa, and it shows, through the illustration of specific strategies, that the more advantageous treatment of black clients would be based on an Afro perspective.A problem for many black people in America is not that they are without a culture or ancestry, but rather that their culture is rejected by the dominant cultural group (C. Thomas, 1973), who by their rejection imply that those unlike them are inferior, deprived, or culturally disadvantaged (Vontress, 1969). A more exemplary perspective, from the standpoint of black people, would be to recognize that blacks are not disadvantaged per se but are often placed in situations in which they are at a disadvantage (Simpkins, Gunnings, & Kearney, 1973), and therefore to appreciate their differences (Wittmer, 1971). One barrier, it is hypothesized, to the realization of the goal of cultural pluralism, is the exclusive use of what is termed the European cultural perspective. A second-order problem Requests for reprints should be sent to Gerald

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Behavior therapy and the minority client

Cited by 5 publications

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Behavior therapy for non-White, non-YAVIS clients: Myth or panacea?

Behavior therapy for non-White, non-YAVIS clients: Myth or panacea?

Training psychologists to work with minority clients: A prototypic model with Black clients.

The African genesis of the Black perspective in helping.

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