Problems of Black Psychiatric Residents in White Training Institutes

Dilemmas of Black Therapists

“…Thomas' answer to the question of research into the Black personality and Black psychology is similar to that of Jones andothers (1970), Calnek (1970), Grier and Cobbs (1971), and Bell (1971). These writers call for changes in the training programs of Black clinicians that would call for inclusion of course material that deals with the Black culture, racism, and race; the use of an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of Blacks and other minorities; and the use of Black supervisors in the training of Black psychologists.…”

“…The major upshots concerning any training that Black therapists receive are that (a) rarely is the question raised about the effects of race as it relates to nature, dynamics, prognosis, and course of therapy (Jones et al 1970) and (b) the major area of emphasis should be on what is omitted, not what is included in the programs (Bell 1971).…”

Clinical Supervision: A Review of Underlying Concepts and Developments

“…As such, it reflects the psychoanalytic tradition and sociocultural climate of that country at that time. Training literature was largely written by white men, and provided by and for white men [9, 10]. Supervision in the context of general psychiatric training was mentioned infrequently, often as a coincidental topic.…”

Multicultural Counseling Instruction: A Challenge for Faculties in the 21st Century

“…The counselor educator's denial of significance of the client's cultural identity and the therapist's own racism will block truly effective communication. This phenomenon of "hallucinatory whitening" is a denial of the individual's cultural identity and uncovers the White therapist's unresolved repressed racial conflicts (Jones, Lightfoot, Palmer, Wilkerson, & Williams, 1970).…”