3. Describing the Territory
Every counselor and counselee comes
with a unique set of experiences,
worldviews, theological perspectives,
and cultural expectations. Jesus
approached people in different ways,
depending on the lace where they
met, their backgrounds, and their
cultures.
4. Describing the Territory
Every counselor and counselee comes
with a unique set of experiences,
worldviews, theological perspectives,
and cultural expectations. Jesus
approached people in different ways,
depending on the lace where they
met, their backgrounds, and their
cultures.
5. Describing the Territory
You are counseling cross-culturally if
you work with someone of an age,
background, gender, level of
education, set of values,
socioeconomic status, belief system, or
sexual orientation that differs from
yours.
6. Describing the Territory
Multicultural counseling
refers to care-giving to
people of different
minorities, nationalities, or
membership in racial-ethnic
groups.
7. Describing the Territory
Counselors are sensitive to the
dangers of treating people unfairly
on the basis of their gender, age,
race, ethnicity, national origin,
religion, sexual orientation,
disability, language, or
socioeconomic status.
16. Building Multicultural Competence
•The counselor should develop awareness
of his or her own cultural values and
biases.
•The counselor should try to become aware
of the cultural perspective of each
counselee.
•The counselor should seek to understand
the ways in which culturally diverse
counselees see the world.
17. Building Multicultural Competence
•The counselor could benefit from
an understanding of cultural
adaptation.
•The counselor should develop
and use culturally appropriate
counseling strategies and
techniques.