Multicultural Counseling Competence
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2017
Publication Title
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling
DOI
10.4135/9781483369532.n334
Abstract
Multicultural counseling competence refers to the ability of counselors to acknowledge the presence of their own diverse backgrounds, attitudes, and values in conjunction with the diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and attitudes clients bring to counseling sessions. Multicultural counseling competence is a specific term that encompasses the various considerations counselors take into account in order to serve clients in an ethically responsible way that embraces their differences. Becoming a multiculturally competent counselor is a multiphasic and ongoing process for which a set of guidelines has been set forth. This entry briefly introduces multicultural counseling, multicultural counseling competencies, cultural differences, and the multicultural counseling process.
Recommended Citation
Park, Candace N., Kristen Dickens.
2017.
"Multicultural Counseling Competence."
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling, J. Carlson & S. Dermer (Ed.): 1111-1114: SAGE.
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