Effective Multicultural Counselor

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It is crucial that a multicultural counselor have ample strategies in to be effective in multicultural counseling . This is because the counselor handles clients who have diverse cultures and , therefore , need to be adaptive to the various cultural values and beliefs of the client In , for a multicultural counselor to be effective , it is vital that the counselor should first understand his or her own culture . This understanding of own culture comprises being aware

of one own life philosophies , being able to recognize the different structures involved in reasoning and also being aware of how the understanding effect ones communication and also the style one uses to assist the client . Lack of this understanding may make the counseling process ineffective

Self-awareness helps the counselor identify specific cultural values and the influence they may have in the counseling process . This helps the multicultural counselor be able to counter the effects that the values may pose to the counseling intervention . It is also necessary that multicultural counselor prevent adhering to a specific counseling theory during the counseling process . This is because many cultural groups do not share the type of values , which are implied by the counseling methods (Gielen , Draguns Fish , 2008 . The various values usually do not share the same expectations for the conduct or the outcome of the counseling session of the counselor . This calls for a need for the counselor carry out...