Counselor Case

The basic concepts and purposes of multicultural counseling include the following; Multicultural counseling is creating a positive and friendly environment, when counseling clients from an ethical or racial background or minority group. The main goal for counselors is to recognize issues of multicultural diversity in today's society. These potential clients can include people in business, medical, or manufacturing as well as, students, and immigrants. The culture centered approach to counseling in a positive way but these behaviors can have no meaning, until both the client and the therapist understand the cultural context. The inclusion of multiculturalism into schools has become an increasingly hot topic lately. Being a future Guidance Counselor I have taken a natural interest in the topic as well.

Because culture can lead individuals to have very different views and see the world from different perspectives it is important that counselors are aware of this. To provide a client with counseling that will lead to a positive outcome the counselor must learn to be culturally competent. Counselors can also learn to be more culturally competent by becoming self-aware. Self-Awareness can move individuals towards cultural competency in many ways. Becoming aware helps a counselor become sensitive to his or her own cultural heritage and to valuing and respecting differences. Awareness leads counselors to realize their own partiality and how this might affect how they may affect their clients who are culturally different. Becoming aware also helps a counselor be more comfortable with the differences that exist between themselves and their clients in terms of race, gender, sexual orientation.