“…As with the health associate wh0 assists the doctor, or the paralegal person who aids the lawyer, the therapist needs to make use of the new mental health workers, Cohen (1974) felt that these new careerists, with only their associate degrees, could serve as a guide and consultant to the professional, who may have the clinical skills, but limited knowledge of minority experiences. Umbarger (1972) sees the new eateer movement as providing (1) a clinical function neeäed to relate to minoHty groups, (2) a therapeutic role that ma), often funetion autonomously, while (3) providing vocational mobUity ihr the lay practitioners. The use of new cateerists may help break down the resistanee to therapy that is offen found in Black and other ethnie groups.…”