This document discusses multicultural counseling. It begins by defining multicultural counseling as understanding how people become part of communities and construct their worldviews. It then discusses Sue's model of multicultural competencies, which are awareness of one's own biases, understanding clients' worldviews, and developing appropriate intervention strategies. The document further explains Sue's three dimensions of a culturally competent counselor: beliefs and attitudes, knowledge, and skills. It concludes that counseling programs should have a diverse staff, involve the community in planning, and advocate for all cultures.

3. Presented By:
Hania Asif
(2011-1401)
Maheen Tauqeer
(2011-1402)
Sidra Javaid
(2011-1437)

4. Agenda

5. Agenda

6. According to Willey and Andrew(2011),
“ Counseling involves two individuals, one
seeking help and other a professionally
trained person helps to solve problems, to
orient and direct him towards a goal.”

7. Meaning and context and
of Multicultural
Counseling:
According to Gertz 1973; Maruyama 1992; Seeley
2000, Multicultural Counseling can be defined as:
“Becoming a multicultural counselor does not only
mean gaining more knowledge of other cultures, but
even more it means understanding the complex
processes through which people become members of
communities and societies and construct their
worldviews, basic attitudes, values, norms, etc.”

8. Multicultural
Competencies
• Counselors and other professionals need
multicultural competencies in order to be better
able to take into account cultural diversity of
their clients.
• Perhaps the most well-known way in
conceptualizing multicultural counseling
competencies is the one developed by Sue et. al
(1992; 1996). They divide the multicultural
competencies into three characteristics of a
culturally competent counselor.

9. According to Sue (1992;1996) following are the
characteristics of a culturally competent
counselor;
1). Awareness of his/her
own assumptions, values and biases.
Characteristics of a Culturally
Competent Counselor:

10. 2). Understanding of the world view of a
culturally different client.
3). An ability to develop appropriate
intervention strategies and
techniques.

11. Dimensions Of
Culturally Competent
Counselor

12. According to Sue (1992;1996), following
are the different dimensions of culturally
competent counselor:
•Beliefs and
Attitudes.
•Knowledge.
•Skills.

13. 1. Culturally skilled counselors have moved to being
Culturally aware and sensitive to their own cultural
heritage and to valuing and respecting differences.
2. Culturally skilled counselors are aware of how their own
cultural background and experiences, attitudes, and values and
biases influence psychological processes.
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14. 3. Culturally skilled counselors are able to recognize the limits
of their competencies and expertise.
4. Culturally skilled counselors are comfortable with differences that
exist between themselves and clients in terms of race, ethnicity,
culture, and beliefs.
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15. Knowledge
1. Culturally skilled counselors have specific
knowledge about their own racial and
cultural heritage and how it personally and
professionally affects the process of
counseling.

16. 2). Culturally skilled counselors possess knowledge and
understanding about how domination, discrimination
and racism affects them personally and in their work.

17. Culturally skilled counselors seek out educational,
consultative, and training experience to improve
their understanding and effectiveness in working
with culturally different populations.
Skills

18. Being able to recognize the limits of their
competencies, they
(a) Seek consultation/talk,
(b) Seek further training or education,
(c) Refer out to more qualified individuals or
resources, or
(d) Engage in a combination of these.

19. This model was proposed by Sue (2001), it
consists of three primary dimensions connected
with effective multicultural counseling:
(a) Specific racial/cultural group perspective,
(b) Components of cultural
competence, and
(c) Foci of cultural competence
Multidimensional Model of
Cultural Competence

20. (a). Specific racial/cultural group:
It attributes of cultural competence related to
five racial groups: African American, Asian
American, Latino/Hispanic American, Native
American, and European American (Sue,
2001).

21. (b). Components of cultural competence:
It referred to awareness, knowledge and skills as
had been outlined in the Sue et al.
(1992) MCC model.

22. (c).Foci of cultural competence:
It consisted of individual, professional,
organizational, and societal levels of
interference.

23. In understanding cultures and their impact on
clients, several key points may be noted:
Culture involves communication in patterns that are
recognizable.
It is important for counselors to understand how
language is used in a specific culture.

24. Culture involves all aspects of human life and
becomes a means by which groups impose order and
meaning on their life experiences.

25. Conclusion:
To conclude we can say that cultures
counseling programs should:
Have at least one minority
counselor.
Ensure that all professionals and
staff are multiculturally adjusted( use
consultants if necessary).
Involve minority community
members in planning.
Be advocates/counselor for all
cultures.

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29. Video On
Multicultural
Counseling
Video | 01:24:00
by Derald Wing Sue
In this provocative interview with multicultural expert Derald
Wing Sue, learn about the history of multicultural
counseling, the unmet needs of diverse clients, and ways to
counter the culture-bound values that may be impacting
your work.

31. Thanks!! 