Implications for counselor practice, training, and research and the need to develop culture-specific strategies in working with racial-ethnic minorities are discussed. A review of the literature bases the need for cross-cultural counseling on differences in communication styles, sociopolitical facets of nonverbal communication, and counseling as a temporary culture. The article discusses proxemics, kinesics, paralanguage, high-low context communication, sociopolitical facets of nonverbal communication, nonverbals as a reflection of bias and triggers of bias and fears, and counseling as a communications style.
