Describe 3 strengths you bring to multicultural counselling
Strengths/Limitations
Counselling Program Students Prompt: Given your own personal cultural experiences and reflecting on the multicultural counselling competencies, identify and describe three strengths you bring to multicultural counselling. Within the same context, identify and describe three areas for improvement you have that could prevent you from being a culturally competent counsellor. For those areas that need improvement, explain how you will seek out educational, consultative, and training experiences that can address these limitations. Please see rubric attached to help you address all requirements.
Your response should be 5-6 pages typed, double spaced and should adhere to APA format. Include a title page and cite all sources used. Include a reference page. Your reference page and title page should not be included in the page limit. Be sure to proofread and edit your paper for typos, spelling, syntax and grammar errors prior to submitting for grading. Your paper is due by 11:55pm EST on Sunday of week 1.
Students in Other Programs (not Counselling):
Given your own personal cultural experiences and reflecting on your own views of your multicultural competence when working with people from various cultural backgrounds. Identify and describe three strengths you bring to multicultural interactions. Within the same context, identify and describe three areas for improvement you have that could prevent you from being a culturally competent professional. For those areas that need improvement, explain how you will seek out educational, consultative, and training experiences that can address these limitations. Please see rubric attached to help you address all requirements.
Your response should be 5-6 pages typed, double spaced and should adhere to APA format. Include a title page and cite all sources used. Include a reference page. Your reference page and title page should not be included in the page limit. Be sure to proofread and edit your paper for typos, spelling, syntax and grammar errors prior to submitting for grading.
Multicultural counseling is a term used to describe a specific type of counseling practice that acknowledges how various aspects of a patient’s cultural identity might influence their mental health. Relevant factors can include issues of race, ethnicity, immigration status, religion, socioeconomic background, and gender identity.
“Multicultural counseling is, at its heart, about appreciating that individuals are not all the same and that their personal background—their ethnicity, their race, and their cultural context—is an important component of who they are,” says Susan Bradley, Assistant Program Coordinator for the Applied Psychology Department in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University. “These factors need to be an essential element of the assessment process and their treatment.”
Counselors and psychologists who embrace the tenets of multicultural counseling acknowledge how these factors might influence the individual. They also seek to understand how different cultures and groups approach mental health and counseling issues to tailor treatment plans to these realities more effectively. Additionally, counselors and psychologists may specialize in working with populations facing racism, discrimination, and oppression.