Culturally sensitive clinical practice challenges practitioners to recognize the cultural significance and importance of clients’ behaviors and belief systems.This article reports a case study of the treatment of anger in an African American woman. Presented within a framework of cognitive-behavioral theory, the case illuminates three important issues that influence experience and expression of anger in African American women: the influence of gender role socialization on the mode of anger expression; the experience of powerlessness, rooted in historical and contemporary discriminatory and oppressive realities; and culture-related messages that create unrealistic expectations of strength.The article addresses conceptualization, assessment, treatment processes,and clinical strategies,as well as limitations of a single case study, implications for practice and recommendations for future research.
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