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: 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. 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.