Group work with black women: Some issues and guidelines

Group Counseling With United States Racial Minority Groups: A 25-Year Content Analysis

“…As noted earlier group work may be particularly relevant for racial minority populations given their racial and ethnic identities, value systems, and having a shared sociocultural history that is characterized by stereotypes, oppression, prejudice, and discrimination (Boyd-Franklin, 1991;Hans & Vasquez, 2000;Ho, 1984;Nayman, 1983;Shipp, 1983). Despite this, no articles were found in the Journal of Counselor Education and Supervision, and only 1% were found in the Journal of Counseling & Development (the two journals that serve as the major supporters of research and education in the area of counseling and counselor education and supervision).…”

The impact of race and ethnicity on transference and countertransference in combined individual/group therapy

“…Jenkins (1990) states that interracial group therapy can be effective assuming that black clients "satisfy themselves as to the therapist's capacity to be sensitive to their sociocultural as well as to their personal situation" (p. 36). Shen-Winston et al (1984), Nayman (1983), and Davis Mack (1974) also discuss the implications of homogeneous ethnic groupings in group therapy. Thus, this recent literature survey tends to be similar to that which Kibel (1972) found, with significantly few authors reporting that interracial group psychotherapy is workable.…”