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ERIC ED419183: In Search of Empathy within Multicultural Counseling Process.

Empathy has been defined as the single most important dimension in establishing a counseling relationship. This paper describes a study that compares counselor trainees' and a general population of African American males' empathy ratings of racially mixed videotaped counseling sessions. The report addresses the following questions: "Do African American males perceive counselors' expressed empathy differently than counselor trainees when viewing counseling sessions between a White counselor and an African American male client?"; "Is there a significant relationship between counselor trainees' perceptions of multicultural counseling competence and ratings of White competence and expressed empathy in a session with an African American male client?"; and "Is there a significant relationship between counselors' use of microcounseling skills and counselor trainees' perception of multicultural counseling competency?" Participants included 11 White counselor trainees aged 22-47 involved in masters level work and 11 African American males ages 24-43 years with no counseling training. Both groups viewed six 15-25 minute videotaped counseling sessions. Findings suggest large differences betwe

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