“…Client race generally had no effect when judging (a) whether clients were likely to benefit from psychotherapy (Benefee et al, 1976; Blake, 1973; Franklin, 1985; Seligman, 1968; Vail, 1970), (b) whether clients should be seen for short‐term or long‐term psychotherapy (Bloch et al, 1980; McLaughlin & Balch, 1980; Tomlinson‐Clarke & Cheatham, 1993), and (c) whether clients should be seen in individual, couple, group, or family therapy and whether the therapy should be behavioral, nondirective, or insight‐oriented (Franklin, 1985; Lewis et al, 1990; McLaughlin & Balch, 1980; Schwartz & Abramowitz, 1975; Vail, 1970). In the few instances when client race was significant, the treatment recommendations were no more favorable for White clients than for Black clients (Benefee et al, 1976; Franklin, 1985; Strickland et al, 1988). For example, in one of the studies (Strickland et al, 1988), clinical psychology graduate students gave higher ratings of likelihood of successful therapy to Black clients than White clients.…”