Multicultural Counseling Competencies is a state-of-the-art book integrating the literature and work on multicultural counseling competencies. It draws out implications for individual, professional, and institutional development by identifying the characteristics related to culturally competent mental health care. As such, it has relevance for practitioners who will increasingly encounter client populations who differ from them in terms of race, culture, and ethnicity; it suggests how the mental health profession needs to alter its practices to fit the needs of the culturally different in our society; and it advocates changes in mental health policy, programs, and organization. In a very systematic manner, the text provides a working definition of ‘multiculturalism’ from which counselors, therapists, and social workers can ground their awareness, knowledge, and skills. It presents a new concept called ‘ethnocentric monoculturalism’ and traces how it has inundated our society and the mental health professions. Written by leaders in the field of multicultural counseling, Multicultural Counseling Competencies is a landmark volume in clinical and counseling psychology, educational psychology, gender studies, nursing, social work, psychology, health services, interpersonal violence, and ethnic studies.
Table of Content
What Is Multiculturalism and Multicultural Counseling and Therapy?
Ethnocentric Monoculturalism
The Profession′s Response to Multiculturalism
The Multicultural Counseling Competencies
Understanding the Euro-American Worldview
Understanding Racial/Ethnic Minority Worldviews
Multicultural Counseling Competencies
Developing Culturally Appropriate Intervention Strategies
Multicultural Organizational Development
Lessons from the Community Health Movement
Multicultural Organizational Development
Evolving toward Organizational Cultural Competence
Implementing Personal, Professional and Organizational Multicultural Competence
About the author
Born and raised in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Ena received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Puerto Rico and her master’s degree in psychology from Radcliffe College. She later received her Ed.D. in Counseling and School Psychology from Boston University.
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