Gaining Cultural Competence in Career Counseling

by Evans, Kathy

• ISBN13: 9780618573585
• ISBN10: 0618573585
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-20
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Gaining Cultural Competence in Career Counseling is a supplement designed to help counselors and counselors-in-training simultaneously acquire competence in both career counseling and multicultural counseling. The goal of this text is not only to describe the philosophical reasons for practicing culturally appropriate career counseling, but also to provide counselors with concrete ways to implement those philosophies. The first half of the book comprises four chapters focusing on the foundational skills for effective counseling across cultures. It is crucial for counselors and counselors-in-training to master these multicultural skills before moving on to the second half of the text, which integrates those multicultural competencies with specific career counseling competencies.

Table of Contents

The Importance of Culturally Competent Career Counseling Why Multicultural Counseling?

Multicultural Competencies Career Counseling Competencies Ethics Synthesizing Multicultural Competencies and Career Counseling Competencies

Awareness of Your Own Cultural Heritage

The Dominant American Culture

Cultural Relativism and Worldview

Racial/Cultural Identity Development Models

Racial/Cultural Identity Development of Oppressed Groups

White Racial Identity Development

Developing a Positive Racial Identity Final Thoughts about Culture

Your Biases Stereotyping Prejudice Racism and Oppression Privilege Final Thoughts about Biases

Awareness of the Client's Worldview Understanding the Client's History

Understanding Client Cultural Mistrust

Respecting Client Cultural Expectations and Values Discerning

Differences Within the Same Cultural Group Considering the Client's

Racial/Cultural Identity Development

Status Comprehending Client Worldview as It Relates to the World of Work

Understanding the Current Political Climate for Ethnic Minorities Final Thoughts about Client Worldview

Using Career Development Theories

The Traditional Career Development Theories

Recent Inclusive Theories

Career Counseling Process Models for Multicultural Groups

Final thoughts about Career Counseling Theories

Cultural Competence in Testing Types of Career Tests Cultural and Environmental Influences on Career Testing

Test Interpretation for Diverse Populations Final Thoughts about Testing

Multiculturally Competent Career Counseling

Skills Integrating Personal Counseling and Career Counseling

Multicultural Applications of the Career Counseling

Competencies Stages of Career Counseling

Group Career Counseling Final Thoughts on Skills

Social Action

Social Action Competencies Committing to Social Action and Social Justice

Social Action Training

Social Action Skills Categories for Career Counselors Final Thoughts

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