Counseling Psychology

However, today, the counseling activities, the services offered and the settings in which counseling is undertaken have greatly increased. Nonetheless, one of the pivotal areas of counseling psychology remains assisting the disabled to cope with not only their physical disabilities but also with associated personal-social problems---a field commonly termed "rehabilitation counseling." In addition to the foregoing, rehabilitation counselors assist disabled clients to improve their adaptability to changing life needs, and to learn and/or effectively utilize a variety of problem-solving and decision-making capabilities (Fretz, 1982).

However, the counseling services provided to the disabled can differ depending upon a variety of factors; this because even within the disabled population there are certain discrete groups. One of these discrete groups co

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as contributors and advocates; providing leadership training for family members; and training providers to work with family members. Gill (1997) has stated that one of the primary counseling issues which the minority disabled client must deal with is integrative. Specifically, these clients need to develop their identity both as members of a minority group and as members of the disabled population. This identity must be achieved both on an individual or personal level and on a group level. Integration is a recurrent theme in classic theories of Gill (1997) examines the steps that have to be taken to achieve the kind of identity development needed by the minority disabled, stating that theses are basically the same steps needed by the disabled; but that because of membership in an ethnic minority group, achieving these steps may be more difficult and require grappling with ethnic identity concerns as well. The steps said to be necessary to achieve a sound identity regarding disability are delineated as: (1) A need to feel that one belongs and is a part of not only the disability culture but also to society in general. (2) A need to firmly integrate within the disability community, becoming an active part of the culture; (3)
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