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: AMCD Multicultural Counseling Competencies
AMCD
 
Multicultural
 
Counseling
 
Competencies
 
I.
 
Counselor
 
Awareness
 
of
 
Own
 
Cultural
 
Values
 
and
 
Biases
 

 
Attitudes
 
and
 
Beliefs
 

 
Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
believe
 
that
 
cultural
 
self-awareness
 
and
 
sensitivity
 
to
 
one's
 
own
 
cultural
 
heritage
 
is
 
essential. Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
are
 
aware
 
of
 
how
 
their
 
own
 
cultural
 
background
 
and
 
experiences
 
have
 
influenced
 
attitudes,
 
values,
 
and
 
biases
 
about
 
psychological
 
processes. Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
are
 
able
 
to
 
recognize
 
the
 
limits
 
of
 
their
 
multicultural
 
competency
 
and
 
expertise. Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
recognize
 
their
 
sources
 
of
 
discomfort
 
with
 
differences
 
that
 
exist
 
between
 
themselves
 
and
 
clients
 
in
 
terms
 
of
 
race,
 
ethnicity
 
and
 
culture. Knowledge
 

 
Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
have
 
specific
 
knowledge
 
about
 
their
 
own
 
racial
 
and
 
cultural
 
heritage
 
and
 
how
 
it
 
personally
 
and
 
professionally
 
affects
 
their
 
definitions
 
and
 
biases
 
of
 
normality/abnormality
 
and
 
the
 
process
 
of
 
counseling. Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
possess
 
knowledge
 
and
 
understanding
 
about
 
how
 
oppression,
 
racism,
 
discrimination,
 
and
 
stereotyping
 
affect
 
them
 
personally
 
and
 
in
 
their
 
work. This
 
allows
 
individuals
 
to
 
acknowledge
 
their
 
own
 
racist
 
attitudes,
 
beliefs,
 
and
 
feelings. Although
 
this
 
standard
 
applies
 
to
 
all
 
groups,
 
for
 
White
 
counselors
 
it
 
may
 
mean
 
that
 
they
 
understand
 
how
 
they
 
may
 
have
 
directly
 
or
 
indirectly
 
benefited
 
from
 
individual,
 
institutional,
 
and
 
cultural
 
racism
 
as
 
outlined
 
in
 
White
 
identity
 
development
 
models. Culturally
 
skilled
 
counselors
 
possess
 
knowledge
 
about
 
their
 
social
 
impact
 
upon
 
others. They
 
are
 
knowledgeable
 
about
 
communication
 
style
 
differences,
 
how
 
their
 
style
 
may
 
clash
 
with
 
or
 
foster
 
the
 
counseling
 
process
 
with
 
persons
 
of
 
color
 
or
 
others
 
different
 
from
 
themselves
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
A,
 
B
 
and
 
C,
 
Dimensions
 
,and
 
how
 
to
 
anticipate
 
the
 
impact
 
it
 
may
 
have
 
on
 
others.