u02d1 Multicultural Counseling and Therapy (MCT) In the helping profession‚ insensitive counseling and therapy can result in cultural oppression rather than liberation (Constantine‚ 2007). In a nutshell‚ it is a helper’s role in multicultural counseling and therapy to create an environment that cultivates the optimal development of the client and their systems‚ using what he or she has identified as culturally significant as it pertains to the helping relationship (Sue‚ 2012). There are many implications
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Running Head: MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING WITH HISPANIC FAMILIES Multicultural Counseling Success with Hispanic Families Dawn With Artz University Mike Smith‚ Ph.D. December 16‚ 2009 Abstract There are many characteristics and commonalities among immigrants coming into the United States such as language‚ values‚ tradition‚ religion‚ and culture. They come to the United States from many different countries and yet American culture puts them into one large melting pot and
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Multicultural Counseling After reading the many articles on the notion of diagnosis and counseling with multicultural/ethnic patients‚ it has come to my attention that this focus is solely based on stereotypical attitudes. Sure‚ it can be said that it is important for a therapist to have a background of the patient’s heritage and culture‚ but doesn’t this necessarily mean that the outlook of the therapist will be put in a box by doing so? I think multicultural competency is a ridiculous way to
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As schools are becoming increasing diverse‚ school counselors are responsible to help all multicultural student. Thus‚ school counselors are ethical obligated to have awareness‚ knowledge‚ and skills to assist the multicultural student population. As a minority‚ I believe that multicultural counseling can greatly impact students to gain a better understanding of others‚ themselves‚ and shape their experiences and interconnection with other cultures. Although I was born and raised in Fresno‚ California
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Multicultural Counseling Psychotherapy Lorie Grimble BSHS/465 Monique Thompson December 21‚ 2014 University of phoenix Multicultural awareness is an important tool for those in the human service profession. It provides the understanding of cultural backgrounds and life spans that will give professionals information and knowledge to best serve their clients. In addition to exploring different population such as African Americans‚ Hispanic Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ and American Indian;
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It is actually so much more than that. Being familiar with diversity and having multicultural competency is something that is needed in the helping profession. Learning about different cultures and different diverse groups increase chances of treatment of the client and interactions with the client as well. The American Counseling Association Codes of Ethics tells us a few things about diversity and multicultural competence. Counselors are to treat clients to the best of their ability regardless
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy & Multi-cultural Counseling As treatment providers of diverse populations who have a particular awareness and focus on cultural responsiveness‚ Freeman & Ronen (2007) indicate it is important for therapists to be able to apply CBT with cultural proficiency and develop original strategies within the context of the client’s culture. Freeman & Ronen (2007) state that a number of studies support the use of CBT with clientele of diverse cultural backgrounds with
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understanding of contextual factors in treatments and assessment of culturally diverse clients. This semester‚ I am taking the Advanced Multicultural Counseling Course. The
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Arredondo (1999) addresses the Multicultural Counseling Competencies in reference to both educating and providing a framework for counseling students. Before the documents were written‚ the authors argue that those who regarded themselves as multicultural counselors had no standards by which to judge their cultural competence (Arredondo 1999). Thus‚ the Multicultural Counseling Competencies create an outline of the skills that are necessary to be a culturally competent counselor. These include:
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Jennifer DeFrancis Group Counseling in a Multicultural Context The guide lines and fundamental for counseling in a multicultural context for group therapy can be found in ASGW. According to ASGW B.8. Group workers practice with broad sensitivity to client differences including but not limited to ethnic‚ gender‚ religious‚ sexual‚ psychological maturity‚ economic class‚ family history‚ physical characteristics or limitations‚ ad geographic locations. Group Works continuously seek information
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