Experiences and perceptions of multicultural counselling scholars: a qualitative examination

Strategies to Survive and Thrive in Academia: The Collective Voices of Counseling Faculty of Color

“…The collective strategies these participants engage in to survive and thrive add further breadth and depth to what has already appeared in the literature (Salazar 1999(Salazar , 2005Bryant et al 2005;Constantine et al 2004, Constantine et al 2008 The findings support the author's initial theory (Salazar 1999(Salazar , 2005) that the experience of marginality that characterizes the academic lives of counseling faculty of color, and the strategies they employ to resist and survive are consistent with the standpoint of the outsider within academia. The outsider within actively participates in the culture of academia, yet maintains a position on the margin (Collins 1991).…”

Barriers and challenges in the practice of multicultural counselling in Malaysia: A qualitative interview study

“…Previous research has provided details of the aspects of multicultural competence and one of these aspects is to be exposed to broad and diverse life experiences (Constantine et al, 2004). In this research, it was also found that one of the challenges reported by participant counsellors in the practice of multicultural counselling is lack of practice experience with and exposure to diverse cultures, which represent the other side of the same phenomenon.…”

“…Although knowledge about counselling theories are the foundation for guiding practices, it is possible to develop an individualised theory or approach to counselling based on practice experiences and reflections in counselling (Constantine, Melincoff, Barakett, Torino, & Warren, 2004;Dickson & Jepsen, 2007). As Malaysia is a multicultural context, it is possible that the current practices of Malaysian counsellors are based on the principles of multicultural counselling.…”

“…Constantine, 2001;Constantine et al, 2004;Sumari & Jalal, 2008) and included topics on participants' barriers and challenges when counselling culturally different clients and their survival strategies. These topics were then systematically organised and listed in the form of an Interview Protocol sheet.…”

“…In particular, there are no published empirical studies exploring the barriers and challenges encountered by current practising counsellors in Malaysia. Constantine et al (2004) gave a significant insight into the first-hand experiences and thoughts of multicultural counselling scholars. Their study, which is qualitative in nature, aimed at uncovering the critical elements of effective counselling for all clients, by examining the experiences and perceptions of 12 multicultural counselling scholars with regard to the field of multicultural counselling in the USA context.…”