Preparing Anglos for the Challenges and Joys of Multiculturalism

The purpose of this article is to discuss the multicultural training process with Anglo trainees as it relates to the following three issues: (a) supportively assisting Anglos with the difficult task of confronting White racism, (b) teaching Anglos to respond empathetically to challenges from ethnic-minority colleagues and clients, and (c) introducing Anglos to the joys inherent in multicultural counseling.

Current Status and Anticipated Changes in Psychology Internships

This article briefly traces the history of psychology internship training to its central role in professional training in counseling psychology. Current issues are discussed, including supply and demand, increased applicant costs, timing of internship, and escalation of practicum training hours. Future considerations are outlined, including point of licensure, length of training, postdoctoral training, and preparation of students to meet demands of the next biennium. Training for the full range of human diversity and creating new employment opportunities for counseling psychologists are emphasized.

Diversity in the Ivory White Tower

Scholars have highlighted the importance of recruitment, retention, and promotion of racial-ethnic minority faculty for the field of counseling psychology. This study examines the specialty’s progress by chronicling the racial-ethnic composition of faculty in counseling psychology programs across time. The findings summarized begin to reveal the level of progress made toward increasing faculty racial-ethnic diversity within the field. Data generally support the collective success of counseling psychology programs in increasing racial-ethnic diversity of faculty but also highlight some of the challenges that remain to be addressed. Several possible interpretations, implications, and limitations of these findings are discussed in relation to counseling psychology’s continuing support of multiculturalism as a distinctive feature of its identity and its objectives as a specialty.