Multicultural counseling (1)
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� What happens when one visits foreign land and falls into minority?
Cultural shock – re-entry Process
Adjustment and adaptation
First Encounter
Crisis / cultural shock
Adjustment / recovery
Preparation / anxiety
Reentry shock
Common Emotions� I FEEL GUILTY, “I could be doing more”
� I FEEL ANGRY, “I don’t like to feel like I’m wrong”
� I FEEL DEFENSIVE, “Why blame me, I do enough already”
Common Emotions� I FEEL TRUNED OFF, “I have other priorities in life”
� I FEEL HELPLESS, “The problem is too big…what can I do?”
� I FEEL AFRAID, “I am going to do something…I don’t know what will happen”
Here comes….Multicultural Counseling
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Multicultural counseling helps people to…..
-Deal with their own feelings-Enhance or negate a deeper
understanding of their selves as racial/cultural beings
-Understand the worldviews of culturally diverse clients
Emotional Roadblocks to the Path of Cultural Competence
Strong emotions such as:
anger, sadness, and defensiveness are displayed when discussing experiences of race, culture, and other socio-demographic variables
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
� Become aware of your own stereotypes and preconceptions regarding inter-racial relationships and marriages
� When working with multiracial clients, avoid stereotyping
� See multiracial people in a holistic fashion rather than as fractions of a person
� Remember that being a multiracial person often means coping with marginality, isolation, and loneliness
� With mixed-race clients, emphasize the freedom to choose one’s identity
� Take an active psycho-educational approach
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
� Be aware that persons of color, gays/lesbians, women, and other groups may perceive mental illness/health and the healing process differently than do Euro-Americans
� Realize that organizational/societal policies, practices, and structures may represent oppressive obstacles that prevent equal access and opportunity. If that is the case, systems intervention is most appropriate
� Use modalities that are consistent with the lifestyles and cultural systems of clients
� Being aware of strategies and techniques used in culturally conflicting situations.
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
� Since mixed race people are constantly portrayed as possessing deficiencies, stress their positive attributes and the advantages of being multiracial and multicultural
� Recognize that family counseling may be especially valuable in working with mixed-race clients, especially if they are children
� When working with multiracial clients, ensure that you possess basic knowledge of the history related to racial/cultural identity
� Acquiring knowledge and understanding of the worldview of culturally diverse groups and individuals.
� Becoming aware of the biases, values and assumptions about human behavior which culturally different group hold.
Culturally Skilled Counselors
Beliefs and Attitudes� Being aware of one's own beliefs, attitudes, and
biases, realizing these influence one's work with clients from other cultures.
� Developing an appreciation for diverse cultures and an attitude of comfort and challenge when working with diverse clients.
� Being sensitive to one's limits of competence when working with clients from different cultures.
Culturally Skilled Counselors
Knowledge� Understanding the history, traditions, and
values of their clients' culture.� Being aware of different cultures' views of
mental health and adjustment.� Developing sensitivity to institutional barriers
and prejudices that impinge on clients from different cultures.
Culturally Skilled Counselors
Skills� Being flexible in utilizing approaches that are
compatible with the cultures of clients with whom they are working.
� Communicating effectively with clients by using appropriate language and nonverbal behaviors.
� Being familiar with referral sources, agencies, and programs that are appropriate for clients from different backgrounds and cultures.