Definitional Ceremonies: Integrating Community into Multicultural Counseling Sessions

Creator(s)

James R. Bitter, East Tennessee State UniverityFollow
P. E. Robertson
J. Graham Disque, East Tennessee State UniverityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Description

Definitional Ceremonies are used as a forum for integrating members of diverse cultures into multicultural counseling sessions. The authors provide a philosophical foundation, implementation process, and excerpts from a typescript of a recent definitional ceremony involving a women and her mother, both recently in the United States from Panama.

Citation Information

Bitter, James R.; Robertson, P. E.; and Disque, J. Graham. 2004. Definitional Ceremonies: Integrating Community into Multicultural Counseling Sessions. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. Vol.32 272-282. ISSN: 2161-1912