Globalising counselling: humanistic counselling in Kenya

This paper explores the application of a Western, psychologically-based mod el of counselling and counselling training in contexts where the social and cultural conditions differ from mainstream Western societies. A group of K enyan trainee counsellors following such a course are inter viewed about th eir experience of training. The interview data are analysed to provide a te ntative answer to the question of the appropriateness in a Kenyan cultural milieu of a humanistic counselling training model developed in the UK. It i s concluded that such application is possible and desirable, if it is under taken as shared and respectful learning between trainers and trainees.