With the population of individuals and families from diverse backgrounds, it challenges the ability of counselors to meet the needs of a growing and diverse society. In 1994, Sue Arrendondo and McDavis published what became known as the Multicultural Counseling Competency Framework. These skills provide a foundation for all counselors to focus on both the cultural makeup of the counselor and how culture impacts daily life in an increasingly diverse society. Multiculturalism arises from concerns that cover a wide range of issues such as race, religion, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, and/or disability. Culture is defined as “The beliefs, arts, customs, institutions, and all other products of human thought and labor created and employed by a people or group at a particular time. People from new cultural groups and diverse may be negatively stereotyped and heavily discriminated against because of their differences from the mainstream culture. Throughout history, multicultural concerns have been prevalent regarding the culture of Native Americans, African Americans, Italians, Irish, and Jews. of other cultural groups that are frequent in schools. in social work situations, there will inevitably be a cultural difference. Refraining from negative stereotypes and discrimination can be difficult but necessary in an ever-changing society (goodtheraphy.org page 1) Multiculturalism is fundamental For a professional consultant, it is essential to be aware of your needs. biases, so that our assistant work is provided and we are able to fully interact with the customer. It is very important that the professional is aware of cultural differences and continues with training and education. Multicultural counseling has its... ... middle of paper ...... an individual as opposed to an entire group (Obasi & Leong, 2009). Thus, these values are inconsistent and indirect with people of other cultures. For example, when dealing with people of African/and/or African descent, they emphasize collectivism and communalism, so imposing opinions or values that are incompatible with other cultural values can be harmful to customers. Furthermore, using traditional theories produced by the “fathers of psychology” or traditional therapies and therapeutic practices can lead people to underutilize psychological services, receive less preferred diagnoses and treatments, and terminate such services prematurely. For these reasons, the factors have been attributed to a cultural mistrust of mental health professionals and treatments that are not culturally oriented toward people of other cultures. (Obasi and Leong, 2009).
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