What might be some of your own emotional roadblocks on the path of cultural competence?
My dad is African American and my mom is Filipina. On the path of cultural competence, my emotional roadblocks as a counselor would be establishing rapport, trust, and understanding someone’s world view of certain group of people particularly white folks. Since I am a minority, some of my client might have superior personality and try to take over and change the role as a client to a counselor. The change of role possibility was explained in the book in the later chapter. This course will help me understand client’s world view and become an effective counselor in the future.
What were your emotional reactions as you read each narrative?
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I can relate to Dr. Sues experience when I look at my previous encounters with other group of people. I was standing in front of our house in Alaska with my two sisters when four white folks wanted to start a fight and yelling the word N…. they told us multiple time to better get out of the subdivision and move somewhere else. My initial reaction was to grab the shovel and hit them. However, my sister stops me and told me that we can play inside our home and play. I was surprise by my sister’s reaction. They didn’t try to argue with them. After the incident, I avoided walking around our subdivision by myself. I was afraid of getting in to a fight and put in to prison. I was able to adjust and make friends with different nationality when I joined the military. I realized that each group of people cannot be perfect and each group has their bad …show more content…
Some family cultural value is that the father is the head of the family and should be the one generating income. The role of the mother is to take care of the children, prepare meals and other housekeeping responsibilities.
How might you have reacted if you had been a student in Professor Murphy’s class?
Professor Murphy is out of touch and doesn’t understand Latinos family values. This is the same with the Asian family structure and values. If a counselor suggests a family member to live independently and move toward a goal of maturity, the client might see this as negative advice. Separation of a family member to the rest of the family may cause disagreement within the family. Asian families tend to help each other and solved any issues before seeking help outside the family circle.
How does it feel when you think about exploring your own racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism and ableism?
I always think about the golden rule “treat people how you want to be treated”. I feel disgusted and angry when I see someone being mistreated by someone else. We all have the right to be in this world regardless of the color of our skin, beliefs, and ethnic
My dad is African American and my mom is Filipina. On the path of cultural competence, my emotional roadblocks as a counselor would be establishing rapport, trust, and understanding someone’s world view of certain group of people particularly white folks. Since I am a minority, some of my client might have superior personality and try to take over and change the role as a client to a counselor. The change of role possibility was explained in the book in the later chapter. This course will help me understand client’s world view and become an effective counselor in the future.
What were your emotional reactions as you read each narrative?
After reading …show more content…
I can relate to Dr. Sues experience when I look at my previous encounters with other group of people. I was standing in front of our house in Alaska with my two sisters when four white folks wanted to start a fight and yelling the word N…. they told us multiple time to better get out of the subdivision and move somewhere else. My initial reaction was to grab the shovel and hit them. However, my sister stops me and told me that we can play inside our home and play. I was surprise by my sister’s reaction. They didn’t try to argue with them. After the incident, I avoided walking around our subdivision by myself. I was afraid of getting in to a fight and put in to prison. I was able to adjust and make friends with different nationality when I joined the military. I realized that each group of people cannot be perfect and each group has their bad …show more content…
Some family cultural value is that the father is the head of the family and should be the one generating income. The role of the mother is to take care of the children, prepare meals and other housekeeping responsibilities.
How might you have reacted if you had been a student in Professor Murphy’s class?
Professor Murphy is out of touch and doesn’t understand Latinos family values. This is the same with the Asian family structure and values. If a counselor suggests a family member to live independently and move toward a goal of maturity, the client might see this as negative advice. Separation of a family member to the rest of the family may cause disagreement within the family. Asian families tend to help each other and solved any issues before seeking help outside the family circle.
How does it feel when you think about exploring your own racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism and ableism?
I always think about the golden rule “treat people how you want to be treated”. I feel disgusted and angry when I see someone being mistreated by someone else. We all have the right to be in this world regardless of the color of our skin, beliefs, and ethnic