multicultural counseling

Running Head : Multicultural Counseling

Multicultural Counseling

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The demand for multicultural counselors is high especially now that the United States has started to become more and more diverse as it welcomes more workers and students from other countries . Coming from another place means making a lot of adjustments and these adjustments can be very difficult especially for younger immigrants . The biggest challenge for a multicultural counselor is to help people overcome racism Usually , the issue in racism comes out whenever different types of culture

clash . And because a place becomes diverse , racism becomes a big issue which is like a disease that needs to be cured . The multicultural counselor must be able to address the problems arising from this increasing diversity . The multicultural counselor will not only have to deal with the clients who complain of being racists ' victims , but , they would also have to deal with those racists by making cultural diversity be a part of national awareness

Because of these challenges that multicultural counselors face , the list of requisites for becoming a multicultural counselor become longer and the requisites itself become heavier , more challenging and more difficult to attain . These requisites are actually characteristics that a multicultural counselor must possess

The counselor must have a wide knowledge about different cultures , or at least , have knowledge of the existing cultures that are in the population . This is very important so that the counselor will be able to help his /her client efficiently . Since his /her primary...