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June, 2015 | SAGE Publications, Inc

Becoming a Multiculturally Competent Counselor


Changming Duan - University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Chrisanthia Brown - University of Missouri - Kansas City
456 pages | June, 2015 | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Organized around the latest CACREP Standards, this timely book covers the core concepts, theories, and skills of multicultural and social justice counseling. With a focus on helping readers develop their multicultural professional identities, the authors conceptualize multicultural identity development as the foundation for comprehending the pervasive impact of social privilege and oppression and developing competencies to effectively work with the culturally diverse. Case illustrations, exercises, and an emphasis on reflective practice foster a true understanding and application of concepts.

 Becoming a Multiculturally Competent Counselor is part of the SAGE Counseling and Professional Identity Series, which targets specific competencies identified by CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs). To learn more about each text in the series, please visit www.sagepub.com/cpiseries.

Section 1: Professional Counseling: A Cultural Occurrence

The Cultural and Value Foundations of Counseling in the United States
The Cultural and Value Foundations of Counseling in the United States
A Call for Multicultural Professional Identity Development in Transforming the Field of Counseling

The Presence and History of Cultural and Social Oppression
The Demographic changes in the United States
Immigration and Globalization
Necessary Multicultural Ethics

The Context and History of the Multicultural Movement
The Focus and Scope of Multicultural Counseling
A Necessary Multicultural Competency – Social Advocacy
Section 2: Counseling in the 21st Century: A multicultural Phenomenon

Cultural Context at the Individual Level
Cultural Context at the Societal Level
Cultural Context at the International Level

Redefining and Renewing: Now is the Time
Barriers to Multicultural Counseling
Effective Service to the Culturally Diverse: Redefining Counseling Practice
Effectively Serving the Culturally Diverse: A process of Renewing the Profession
Working with Cultural Diversity: A Basic Ethical Responsibility
Section 3: Becoming Multiculturally Competent

A model of multicultural Competence development
Challenges of multicultural identity development: dominant vs. subordinate group identities
Self-Assessment of multicultural self

Social Oppression: Results of Unearned Privileges by Dominant Groups
Social Oppression: Unjust, Unfair, and Damaging
Understanding the Culturally Diverse
Counselors’ Social and Professional Responsibility in Eliminating Oppression
Section 4: Exercising Multicultural Competencies: Working with the Culturally Diverse

Understanding the cultural contexts of racially and ethnically diverse
Effect of racism, discrimination, and microaggression
Implication of cultural values difference
Cultural identity development of the racially and ethnically diverse
Assessment, Prevention and Intervention

Understanding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Working Ethically and Effectively with Sexual Minorities

Social Class and Classism
Understanding the Social Context of the Poor
Social Class Identity, Values and Worldviews
Assessment, Prevention and Intervention

Including Disability Diversity: Developing Multicultural Competence

Religion and Spirituality Defined
My Client is Religious or Spiritually Oriented, Shouldn’t I Refer My Client to the Clergy?
What Do We Know about the Religious/Spiritual Orientation of Counseling Professionals?
Religion and Spirituality in Counseling
Religion, Spirituality and Ethical Considerations
Assessing Religion and Spirituality: The Clinical Interview
When does Religion and Spirituality become Harmful or Pathological?
Section 5: Social Justice and Multicultural Counseling

Social Inequality
Victimizing effects of social inequality
Social Justice
Promoting a Socially-Responsive Approach of Counseling

Social justice competence development
Taking professional Responsibility of integrating social justice into service
Taking social responsibility – community advocacy for social justice
Good Ethical Practice in a Multicultural World
Section 6: Applying Multicultural Competencies: Case Examples
Chapter 15: Helping Jermaine feel “normal”
Chapter 16: Assisting Darryl and Samar to “fight fairly”

Instructor Teaching Site

Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:

  • A Microsoft® Word® test bank is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
  • A Respondus electronic test bank is available and can be used on PCs. The test bank contains multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter and provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding. Respondus is also compatible with many popular learning management systems so you can easily get your test questions into your online course.
  • Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course.
  • EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide student interpretation. Combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
  • Lecture notes summarize key concepts on a chapter-by-chapter basis to help with preparation for lectures and class discussions.
  • Sample course syllabi for semester and quarter courses provide suggested models for use when creating the syllabi for your courses.
  • Lively and stimulating ideas for class assignments that can be used in class to reinforce active learning. The assignments apply to individual or group projects.
  • Classroom exercises, also included in the book, are included to make them easily accessible and assignable.
  • Chapter-specific discussion questions help launch classroom interaction by prompting students to engage with the material and by reinforcing important content. 
  • Case illustration discussion questions are designed to promote students’ in-depth engagement with the case illustrations provided in the book.
  • Recommended readings, also included in the book, provide a jumping-off point for course assignments, papers, research, group work, and class discussion.

Student Study Site

The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:

    • Mobile-friendly web quizzes allow for independent assessment of progress made in learning course material.
    • Each chapter includes audio links, covering important topics and designed to supplement key points within the text.
    • Carefully selected video links feature relevant interviews, lectures, personal stories, inquiries, and other content for use in independent or classroom-based explorations of key topics.
    • EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
    • Web resources allow for further research on important chapter topics. 

KEY FEATURES:

  • Thorough integration of the latest CACREP Standards for developing professional identity
  • An emphasis on cultivating one’s own multicultural identity in developing the skill set needed to best serve culturally diverse clients
  • A unique focus on social oppression as the most important contextual factor for marginalized populations to help readers develop a complete and accurate understanding of what it is to be a multicultural counselor
  • Specific strategies for integrating social justice into all counseling activities
  • A clear working definition of “multicultural counseling” (a concept not well defined in the literature) provided in Chapter 5
  • Special attention to all areas of diversity as identified by the U.S. federal government and embraced by the American Counseling Association, including both national and international contexts
  • Case illustrations, guided practice exercises, and reflection questions that foster the application of concepts and the development of critical thinking skills
  • Text authors who are instructors as well as practitioners in the field, furthering the theme of professional development and advocacy for the profession
  • Online instructor and open-access student resources that provide additional support for the text

Becoming a Multiculturally Competent Counselor is part of the SAGE Counseling and Professional Identity Series, which targets specific competencies identified by CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs). To learn more about each text in the series, please visit www.sagepub.com/cpiseries.