The relevance of the AMCD guidelines and standards is to facilitate the proficiencies for multicultural counseling to enhance their skills while in training, and during their practice to effectively work with diverse cultural clienteles. Therefore, the purpose of the AMCD is to provide a framework for professional counselors to use to ensure that they are maintaining human dignity and civil rights that is prescribed by the law. The AMCD mission is to predispose counselors who are culturally competent to understand the importance to develop appropriate attitudes, values, and address potential biases about a particular race. (AMCD, 1996). Finally, once multicultural counselors address potential issues, then they will notice personal
