Broaching Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in the Counseling Process Strategies for Facilitating Meaningful Dialogue with Clients

1. Introduction: What Exactly Is Broaching and Why Is It Important?  2. Foundational Concepts that Support the Broaching Framework  3. Continuum of Broaching Behavior  4. Multidimensional Model of Broaching Behavior  5. Intra-Individual Broaching Dimensions  6. Intra-Racial-Ethnic, and -Cultural Broaching Dimensions  7. Inter-REC Broaching Dimensions  8. Strategies for Broaching the Subjects of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture  9. Preparation and Delivery Stage of Broaching Statement  10. Cultural Ruptures

Biography

Norma L. Day-Vines, PhD, is a professor at Johns Hopkins University and creator of the Broaching Framework, advancing culturally responsive counseling through research, training, and equity-centered counseling practice.

"The Broaching Framework stands as one of the most influential contributions to culturally responsive practice across the helping professions in the past three decades. In this landmark book, Dr. Norma Day-Vines masterfully brings together the theory, research, and applied strategies that counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other helping professionals can use to broach issues of race, ethnicity, and culture with clarity, intentionality, and skill. Integrating compelling case illustrations with concrete guidance for practice, this text will shape how professionals facilitate meaningful cultural dialogue and how we prepare the next generation of practitioners.  Pick it up and, as Dr. Day-Vines would say: 'You gon’ learn today.'"

Joseph M. Williams, PhD, NCC Professor, Program Director of the School Counseling Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Education

"In Broaching, Dr. Day-Vines draws readers in immediately through the narrative of her deeply personal journey into the field of counselor education. It is not often that we celebrate the panic that new professionals feel when they realize only five weeks remain to make a meaningful impact. Yet in this case, that moment of urgency became the catalyst for discovery, reflection, and professional agency. What unfolded during that fateful time-period ultimately led to the development of a powerful broaching paradigm; one that invites practitioners and counselors-in-training to see not only themselves, but also their clients and the broader worlds in which those clients live. Dr. Day-Vines is widely known for encouraging people to engage deeply in the process of daily learning, and this text reflects that spirit throughout. By the time readers reach the final pages, one thing is certain: they will leave with new insight, expanded perspective, and the unmistakable feeling that they are truly gon’ learn today!"

S. Kent Butler, PhD, Past President and Fellow, American Counseling Association, Fellow, National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, Professor of Counselor Education, University of Central Florida