AMERICAN-INDIANS - PRESENTING CONCERNS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR FAMILY THERAPISTS

The purpose of this article is to provide marriage and family therapis ts with an overview of issues related to the treatment of clients of A merican Indian descent. Through a consolidation of the current literat ure, the authors discuss a rationale for studying the American Indian population, present concerns that therapists are likely to encounter, and identify specific considerations to heed when engaging in a therap eutic relationship with an American Indian client or family. A call to family therapists is made to promote the profession in the area of mu lticultural family therapy, particularly to that of the American India n population.