Summary
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Organized around the latest CACREP Standards, this timely book covers the core concepts, theories, and skills of multicultural and social justice counseling. With a focus on helping readers develop their multicultural professional identities, the authors conceptualize multicultural identity development as the foundation for comprehending the pervasive impact of social privilege and oppression and developing competencies to effectively work with the culturally diverse. Case illustrations, exercises, and an emphasis on reflective practice foster a true understanding and application of concepts. Becoming a Multiculturally Competent Counselor is part of the SAGE Counseling and Professional Identity Series, which targets specific competencies identified by CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs). To learn more about each text in the series, please visit www.sagepub.com/cpiseries.
Demands for Multicultural Professional Counseling
Demands for Multicultural Professional Counseling
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
Chapter Overview
There was a time when counselors could expect that their next client to walk through the door would be female, most likely Caucasian, heterosexual, and from an upper-middle-class socioeconomic background. Although this was a common expectation of the past, we know for certain that counselors of the 21st century must not expect their clients to fit this description. Counselors, regardless of their employment setting, will encounter clients from varied racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This increased diversity in our counseling consumers places demands on the profession to prepare counseling professionals to be multiculturally competent ...
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