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Helms's Racial Identity Model is a predominant framework in the counseling field that focuses on how individuals develop their racial and ethnic identity.

Helms's Racial Identity Model

- "Sense of group or collective identity based on one's perception that he or she shares a common racial heritage with a particular racial group" (Helms, 1990, p. 3). 
- Examining the development of racial identity and for facilitating meaningful interactions and instruction in classrooms 
- Helms's model of White racial identity development consists of two sections with three stages each

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