CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS RESOURCES FOR MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND COUNSELING

Seven resources are discussed that Christian counselors have to offer multi-cultural counseling and understanding: a viable epistemology, a sense of community, a universal story, a recognition of the supermatur al, a paradigm for forgiveness, an appreciation for symbols, and a sha red experience as a minority. Psychology's response to multi-cultural issues is parallel to the response of Western missionaries encounterin g cultural pluralism. Suggestions are made to enable Christian counsel ors to understand the acculturation of their minority clients.