Theories on Culturally Diverse Populations Michelle Harmolin Walden University There are many important factors a counselor must keep in mind when counseling clients from various and diverse cultural groups. Clients of these various and diverse cultural groups may find the counselors approach and overall treatment to be unsuccessful due to that the majority of American counselors are trained in the Western approach (Hayes‚ 2008). In order to prevent this from happening‚ it is the counselor’s responsibility
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standards of conduct and behavior that are to be used by professionals. Ethical connotations hardly ever have an easy answer‚ and often counselors must seek help from more experienced professionals‚ but this is not a guarantee that the anticipated result will be accomplished. The first guideline in the ACA’s (2005) Code of Ethics reads “the primary responsibility of counselors is to respect the dignity and promote the welfare of clients” (Kaplan‚ 2014). “Competence is required of practitioners if they are
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This holds true for the profession of counseling‚ including the Christian sector of counseling. The American Counseling Association along with the American Association of Christian counselors both published codes of ethics for the licensed professionals in this particular field. Their specific ethics provide counselors with a guideline of how to correctly and ethically serve their clients. Some of the ethics described in these documents are: confidentiality‚ informed consent‚ and discrimination‚
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Historically speaking most theories of counseling are based on Western assumptions. Research has shown that for non-White clients the monocultural ethnocentric approach is not effective. For example‚ Sue & Sue (2013) believe that because most therapist are trained to use the Western approach they lack expertise in working with culturally diverse clients. Also many of these counseling theories do not work for culturally diverse clients because they go against their beliefs and values. Therefore‚
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Ethical and Legal Issues Involved Alexandra Martin Walden University COUNSELING MINORS: ETHICAL AND LEGAL 2 Mental health counselors have many things to consider when working with clients. Providing services to clients comes with several expectations. Some of the factors which counselors must be aware of include: cultural differences‚ environmental influences‚ client expectations‚ and stages of development which can all play a part in the needs of that
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Why would you respond this way? If I were the counselor that was handling this young ladies case I would first and foremost try and gain trust with her. Without trust I will never have the opportunity to assist her. I would not tell the client’s parents without notifying her first. The ACA code of ethics states “When counseling minor clients or adult clients who lack the capacity to give voluntary‚ informed consent‚ counselors protect the confidentiality of information received in the
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children and substance abuse counseling. Counseling from a systems perspective is most likely to be accepted by Asian Indians when their traditional family hierarchal roles and religious views are taken into consideration by a professional and competent counselor. Having knowledge of Asian Indian culture is imperative in order to succeed in the therapeutic process. Many Asian Indian elders are more interested in protecting their traditions than accepting change; “the lack of change in the attitude
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the therapeutic process (Briggs‚ 2002). As a counselor‚ one must be culturally competent and aware of others’ backgrounds. In order for a counselor to better understand the clients’ background‚ the necessary information would be needed prior to testing. Also paying close attention to the clients’ native language as it could pose inconsistencies if given in an unnatural tongue (Rodriquez‚ 2000). It should go without saying that an effective and competent therapist will be aware of professional standards
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group facilitator include a grasp on active listening‚ clarifying‚ facilitating and initiating. These skills are defined by Corey et al. (2013)‚ as all containing multiple components with knowledge and practice in all parts in order to be considered competent. There are many parts of these skills that I feel comfortable in my ability to use‚ but each skill could be expanded and practiced on as I facilitate the group. Active listening is defined as the basis of counseling and includes listening to more
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individuals to work toward wellness and balance. Therefore‚ providing counselors-in-training with supervision is very important. There are various models that are used and two models include individual and group supervision. Individual and group supervision provides different experiences for counseling interns. According to Milne and Oliver (2000)‚ individual supervision is a one-on-one experience that provides the counselor-in-training more direct and particular feedback. Erford (2014) states that
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