DIVERSITY-SENSITIVE COUNSELING TODAY - A POSTMODERN CLASH OF VALUES

This article is the second in an ongoing series devoted to a critical reassessment of the status of diversity-sensitive counseling. The curr ent discussion focuses on the use of existing counseling theories and interventions in a diversity-sensitive counseling context, and potenti al limitations of affirmative action in the American Counseling Associ ation's organizational structure and in counselor preparation programs . Inconsistencies are noted between the strategies now being used to a chieve diversity and the philosophical foundations of the counseling p rofession. At issue are the conflicting values of various constituenci es within the Association.