Multicultural competencies
The effectiveness of professional counseling within the mental health and community facilities’ are ethically committed to providing clients with quality service no matter their cultural background. Within the human service field, professionals are more consumed in meeting the needs of their clients. One the factors of meeting these needs is culture awareness by counselors. It is ethnically sound for counselors to identify with their own culture’s barriers and bias, while providing service for diverse cultures and ethnic groups. “Multicultural Counseling Competencies is a set of standards for professionals’ development of beliefs and attitudes, knowledge, and skills within three areas: self-awareness, understanding, …show more content…
What influences are prudence within their immediate conscious and how could they effect effective counseling with their clients? When counselors are cognizant of their own culture limitations and identity, they are more apt in building a long effective bond which includes showing empathy to their clients. Developing cultural sensitivities and competencies there is no set pattern to establish, counselors goals are to develop awareness of issues that may occur within different cultures; familiarize one’s self with different skills and response that are acceptable diverse cultures; apply flexible and diverse techniques to meet each client’s needs; and become an advocate for their clients. Oftentimes, these goals must take place outside of the normalcy of the office or facility and into the community. Counselors should participate in Pro Bono work and other cultural activities to help promote understanding of diversity within cultural background, values, beliefs, gender, age, religion, rituals and language preference and …show more content…
Counselor might have to invest in a language translator machine to communicate effectively or ask a colleague (bilingual therapist) to interpret vital information. In all, as time goes on the counselor may inquire into foreign classes to add their portfolio. These are types of “method of delivery—intended to make the intervention more culturally consistent, increase credibility of the treatment or provider, or make the treatment understandable to ethnic minority clients” (NCBI, 2009).
In conclusion, diversity is important factor within counseling. No one culture is superior to another. Mental health professional and other services within the health care field are obligated to meet the needs of the clients. Oftentimes, this includes getting to know different culture background outside of the office and / or facility. Moreover, professional must become aware of self by understanding their beliefs, values, and bias of one’s culture and how it influences their ability to interact with others outside of their heritage or native
The effectiveness of professional counseling within the mental health and community facilities’ are ethically committed to providing clients with quality service no matter their cultural background. Within the human service field, professionals are more consumed in meeting the needs of their clients. One the factors of meeting these needs is culture awareness by counselors. It is ethnically sound for counselors to identify with their own culture’s barriers and bias, while providing service for diverse cultures and ethnic groups. “Multicultural Counseling Competencies is a set of standards for professionals’ development of beliefs and attitudes, knowledge, and skills within three areas: self-awareness, understanding, …show more content…
What influences are prudence within their immediate conscious and how could they effect effective counseling with their clients? When counselors are cognizant of their own culture limitations and identity, they are more apt in building a long effective bond which includes showing empathy to their clients. Developing cultural sensitivities and competencies there is no set pattern to establish, counselors goals are to develop awareness of issues that may occur within different cultures; familiarize one’s self with different skills and response that are acceptable diverse cultures; apply flexible and diverse techniques to meet each client’s needs; and become an advocate for their clients. Oftentimes, these goals must take place outside of the normalcy of the office or facility and into the community. Counselors should participate in Pro Bono work and other cultural activities to help promote understanding of diversity within cultural background, values, beliefs, gender, age, religion, rituals and language preference and …show more content…
Counselor might have to invest in a language translator machine to communicate effectively or ask a colleague (bilingual therapist) to interpret vital information. In all, as time goes on the counselor may inquire into foreign classes to add their portfolio. These are types of “method of delivery—intended to make the intervention more culturally consistent, increase credibility of the treatment or provider, or make the treatment understandable to ethnic minority clients” (NCBI, 2009).
In conclusion, diversity is important factor within counseling. No one culture is superior to another. Mental health professional and other services within the health care field are obligated to meet the needs of the clients. Oftentimes, this includes getting to know different culture background outside of the office and / or facility. Moreover, professional must become aware of self by understanding their beliefs, values, and bias of one’s culture and how it influences their ability to interact with others outside of their heritage or native