u03d2 Peer Review

Running head : PEER REVIEW

Peer Review

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Peer Review

Response to Post No .1 Christine Hoyte

Multicultural competency is indeed an essential tool required in dealing with clients who have different races , perceptions and cultures Having this skill will be of a great advantage in the progress of counselling sessions . Moreover , according to Pedersen , multiculturalism is a wide range of multiple groups without grading , comparing , or ranking them as better or worse than one another and without denying the very distinct and complementary

or even contradictory perspectives that each group brings with it (1991 ,

.4 . To effectively handle multiculturalism situations in counselling , counselors must develop different levels of awareness which are the following : self-awareness awareness of one 's own culture , awareness of racism , sexism and poverty awareness of individual differences , awareness of other cultures and awareness of diversity ' More so , to be successful in obtaining multicultural competency , counselors must also be aware of different theories and specific counselling practices . But the most important point to remember is that counselors must first build on a sense of worth ' for their respective cultural backgrounds before they can start understanding other cultures (Locke , 1986 , pp . 119-137

Response to Post No .2 Jennifer Weeks

Among the three weaknesses mentioned by the counselor , I think that the problem on terminating an interview with a client is the counselor 's main problem . In any session , I think time is of the essence . Clients pay the counselors per hour so they should get...