STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH CULTURAL-DIVERSITY

Coping with cultural diversity is one of the major challenges facing i ndividuals who seek counseling services as well as those who provide t hose services. This article describes six strategies, (a) assimilation or monoculturation, (b) acculturation (c) alternation, (d) integratio n (e) separation and f) fusion that individuals may use to cope with c ultural diversity. The relationship between these strategies, an ecosy stemic model of culture, and a social cognitive theory of behavior is presented. nle article discusses how these strategies may affect the p rocess and outcome of counseling as well as the implications these str ategies have for research.