The document discusses the importance of considering multicultural issues in Christian counseling. It states that all counseling involves cross-cultural interactions since every person has a unique background. It emphasizes that counselors should develop self-awareness of their own cultural biases, seek to understand their clients' cultural perspectives, and use counseling strategies and techniques appropriate for their clients' cultures in order to best help clients and avoid appearing arrogant or insensitive.

1. The Multicultural Issues
in Christian Counseling
Be strong and very courageous.
Dr. Danny B. Medina

2. Describing the Territory
All counseling is cross-
cultural.

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.

8. Describing the Territory
Christian counseling cannot
be defined or applied in the
same way to all groups,
nationalities, and cultures.

9. Building Multicultural Competence
 The counselor should
develop awareness of
his or her own cultural
values and biases.

10. Building Multicultural Competence
 The counselor should
try to become aware of
the cultural perspective
of each counselee.

11. Building Multicultural Competence
 The counselor should
seek to understand the
ways in which culturally
diverse counselees see
the world.

12. Building Multicultural Competence
 The counselor could
benefit from an
understanding of
cultural adaptation.

13. Building Multicultural Competence
 The counselor should
develop and use
culturally appropriate
counseling strategies
and techniques.

14. Indigenous Methods
Leaders, teachers, and
counselors who ignore
culture often appear
arrogant, insensitive,
disrespectful, and
incompetent.

15. Indigenous Methods
Leaders, teachers, and
counselors who ignore
culture often appear
arrogant, insensitive,
disrespectful, and
incompetent.

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.