Title: 
Headings: AMCD Multicultural Counseling Competencies
AMCD
 
Multicultural
 
Counseling
 
Competencies
 

I.
 
Counselor
 
Awareness
 
of
 
Own
 
Cultural
 
Values
 
and
 
Biases
 

II.
 
Counselor
 
Awareness
 
of
 
Client's
 
Worldview
 

III.
 
Culturally
 
Appropriate
 
Intervention
 
Strategies
 


Content: Skills
 

 
Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
seek
 
out
 
educational,
 
consultative,
 
and
 
training
 
experiences
 
to
 
improve
 
their
 
understanding
 
and
 
effectiveness
 
in
 
working
 
with
 
culturally
 
different
 
populations. Being
 
able
 
to
 
recognize
 
the
 
limits
 
of
 
their
 
competencies,
 
they
 
(a)
 
seek
 
consultation,
 
(b)
 
seek
 
further
 
training
 
or
 
education,
 
(c)
 
refer
 
out
 
to
 
more
 
qualified
 
individuals
 
or
 
resources,
 
or
 
(d)
 
engage
 
in
 
a
 
combination
 
of
 
these. Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
are
 
constantly
 
seeking
 
to
 
understand
 
themselves
 
as
 
racial
 
and
 
cultural
 
beings
 
and
 
are
 
actively
 
seeking
 
a
 
non
 
racist
 
identity. II. Counselor
 
Awareness
 
of
 
Client's
 
Worldview
 

 
Attitudes
 
and
 
Beliefs
 

 
Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
are
 
aware
 
of
 
their
 
negative
 
and
 
positive
 
emotional
 
reactions
 
toward
 
other
 
racial
 
and
 
ethnic
 
groups
 
that
 
may
 
prove
 
detrimental
 
to
 
the
 
counseling
 
relationship. They
 
are
 
willing
 
to
 
contrast
 
their
 
own
 
beliefs
 
and
 
attitudes
 
with
 
those
 
of
 
their
 
culturally
 
different
 
clients
 
in
 
a
 
nonjudgmental
 
fashion. Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
are
 
aware
 
of
 
their
 
stereotypes
 
and
 
preconceived
 
notions
 
that
 
they
 
may
 
hold
 
toward
 
other
 
racial
 
and
 
ethnic
 
minority
 
groups. Knowledge
 

 
Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
possess
 
specific
 
knowledge
 
and
 
information
 
about
 
the
 
particular
 
group
 
with
 
which
 
they
 
are
 
working. They
 
are
 
aware
 
of
 
the
 
life
 
experiences,
 
cultural
 
heritage,
 
and
 
historical
 
background
 
of
 
their
 
culturally
 
different
 
clients. This
 
particular
 
competency
 
is
 
strongly
 
linked
 
to
 
the
 
"minority
 
identity
 
development
 
models"
 
available
 
in
 
the
 
literature.