Experiential Approach for Developing Multicultural Counseling Competence

Mary L. Fawcett received her doctorate from the University of South Carolina and is currently a full professor at Winona State University. She has over 12 years of experience as an educator and counselor with interests in counselor training and supervision with an emphasis on multicultural competency development. She has developed and led several Guatemala Travel Study immersion courses for graduate counselor education students. She is published with articles in major journals about research in the following areas: gender and career development in secondary students, academic risk factors of K-12 students, and the effectiveness of immersion experiences on the multicultural competency development of counselor education students. Kathy M. Evans, who received her doctorate from the Pennsylvania State University, is associate professor at the University of South Carolina where she is the Program Coordinator of the Counselor Education Program. She is widely published with articles in major journals and chapters in key textbooks in the area of multicultural counseling, with special emphases on issues of race, career counseling, and feminist issues. Her most recent books include Gaining Cultural Competence in Career Counseling and Introduction to Feminist Therapy.

• Preface1. Introduction2. The Multicultural Counseling Competencies3. Dimensions of Personal Identity and Racial Identity Models4. Counselor Awareness of Own Cultural Value and Biases, Attitudes and Beliefs5. Counselor Awareness of Own Cultural Values and Biases, Knowledge6. Counselor Awareness of Own Cultural Values and Biases, Skills7. Counselor Awareness of Client′s Worldview, Attitudes and Beliefs8. Counselor Awareness of Client′s Worldview, Knowledge9. Counselor Awareness of Client′s Worldview, Skills10. Culturally Appropriate Intervention Strategies, Beliefs and Attitudes11. Culturally Appropriate Intervention Strategies, Knowledge12. Culturally Appropriate Intervention Strategies, Skills13. Goals and Plans for the Future

Provided important reflection assignments for students developing as multicultural counselors.