Crisis intervention services are an integral component of the mental health continuum of care. Numerous models of crisis intervention offer extensive steps, strategies, and plans for intervening effectively with individuals in crisis. African Americans, as a population, underutilize services offered by the mental health system. The use of multicultural competencies (counselor awareness of own values and biases; counselor awareness of client worldview; culturally appropriate intervention strategies) applied to Roberts' crisis intervention model creates a partnership that may provide crisis intervention specialists with a framework for increasing effectiveness with African Americans. [Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 4:367-375 (2004)] KEY WORDS: crisis intervention, multicultural competencies.

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This exploratory study attempts to examine the impact of experiential group work training on counselor-trainees. Survey data about group process, attitudes and outcomes were gathered from 15 counselor-trainees who were enrolled in a group-counseling course and participated in an experiential group. Correlations revealed statistically significant relationships between pre-group process variables and post-group outcome and attitude variables. The non-parametric Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test indicated significant differences between pre-group and post-group measures for the group process. Implications for future research are presented.

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