Counseling Families Formed by Transracial Adoption: Bridging the Gap in the Multicultural Counseling Competencies.

This article provides a review of the literature regarding transracial adoption and counseling families formed through transracial adoption. Recommendations are reported according to essential awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary in work with this client population. The need for counselor competency in addressing client racial and ethnic identity development is a salient theme highlighted throughout the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]