July 2002 - Counseling Today - Affirming the "Multi" in Multicultural Counseling. Pages 26 and 28.

 

 

KU Professor's Book Focuses on Multicultural Families

Counseling Multiracial Families, a book dealing with the needs and issues of families with cross-racial backgrounds, is co-authored by Kelley Kenney, KU professor of psychology and counseling services; her husband, Mark Kenney (who earned his master's at KU), a counselor at Albright College; and Western Illinois University's Bea Wehrly.

The [psychology and counseling] profession lacks up-to-date literature on how to positively deal with multicultural issues, said Kenney.  'There is a large increase in the number of cross culture adoption and interracial marriages.  Many of these families are not equipped to handle myths and stereotypes associated with biracial families.  It is important that these families have support from counselors, psychologists, educators, clergy, and family practitioners; and that parents of biracial children know how to counsel their children.

Personal accounts give the reader a real-life connection to the theoretical aspects of the text.  The book covers subjects such as interracial marriages, multicultural families and individuals, and intervention and treatment for multicultural individuals. - Kathy Sheldon

The photo above appeared in the December/January 1998 edition of CHILD magazine. The article entitled "Multiracial Families" was written by author Melinda Blau.

 

This photo accompanied a newspaper article titled "Interracial couple collaborates on book to promote change and eliminate bias", which appeared in the March 11, 1999 edition of THE PATRIOT.  Written by Denine Ziegler, this article focuses on the book co-authored by Mark and Kelley entitled "Counseling Multiracial Families", which is geared towards educating the counseling profession at large. Research for the book project involved interviewing more than 80 couples along the eastern corridor of the U.S.