A Not So Provincial View of Multicultural Counseling

Abstract

A narrow, focused, and thorough view of multicultural counseling that focuses on both individual characteristics and unique cultural group membership characteristics is advocated.

Religious Beliefs and Practice: An Integral Aspect of Multicultural Awareness

“…We endorse the concern raised by Locke (1990) that to view multicultural counseling simply as counseling that recognizes individual differences is to deny that clients are both individuals and members of groups. We suggest, however, that both ethnic minority group members and majority group members bring meaningful differences in their religious beliefs and values to counseling.…”

Use of a Personal Cultural Perspective Profile (PCPP) in developing counsellor multicultural competence

“…In taking this stance, the author supports the position that culture should not be limited to racial and ethnic minorities (Fukayama, 1990;Lee & Richardson, 1991;Locke, 1990;and Sue, Arrendondo & McDavis, 1992). Instead, the author believes every individual possesses a personal culture that is influenced by such factors as gender, ethnicity, sociopolitical forces, economics and geography.…”

Conceptualizations of Competence and Culture: Taking Up the Postmodern Interest in Social Interaction

“…They express a concern that an all-inclusive multicultural perspective obscures how race is a powerful dimension of peoples' existence and that it shifts professionals' attention away from racial factors in the counseling process (Carter, 1995;Helms, 1994;Helms & Richardson, 1997). Defining multiculturalism in terms of seemingly endless variables is also considered problematic for research (Helms, 1994;Locke, 1990). The struggle over the meanings of terms helpfully draws attention to the potential consequences of taking one or another position.…”