chapter 2 – culturally effective helping 1. 4 attributes for crisis workers self knowledge and...
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4 ATTRIBUTES FOR CRISIS WORKERS
• Self knowledge and awareness of biases• Knowledge about the status and cultures of
different groups• Culturally appropriate skills and interventions• Multicultural experience
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NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVE
• Majority of the world population• Historical field of counseling (western)• May impact our interpretations, judgments
and conclusions• Can cause harm
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10 BIASED ASSUMPTIONS
1. “Normal” is the same for everyone.2. Individualism is basic for all.3. “Counseling” is well defined and
separate.4. Abstract words are understood 5. Independence is valued more than
dependence
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10 BIASED ASSUMPTIONS (CONT.)
6. Formal counseling is valued over natural support systems
7. Everyone depends on linear thinking (cause and effect), good/bad, right/wrong
8. Change individual to fit the system9. Crisis is here and now (downplaying value of the past)10.Counselors are aware of assumptions
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UNIVERSAL VIEW
• Not only racial and ethnic minorities• Also other minority or special populations• All factors that make clients ‘different’• “Cultural Influences”• Multiculturalism does not always ‘stand out’
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WHAT WE ‘DO’ KNOW
• Beliefs and ways of coping surface when in crisis
• Minorities access counseling less than Caucasians when in crisis (although impacted with disaster more often)
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COUNSELOR DANGEROUS ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON 5 CORE BELIEF DOMAINS (THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND)
• Superiority• Injustice• Vulnerability• Distrust• Helplessness
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EFFECTIVE MULTICULTURAL COUNSELOR
• “Humans are more alike than different”• World view should not be overlooked• Other helping roles may be needed• Indigenous support system may be needed• Proper use of translators
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INEFFECTIVE MULTICULTURAL COUNSELOR
• Imposes own values and expectations• Stereotype or labeling• Force unimodal counseling approaches
• Ex: • verbalizing feelings, • speaking up, • status related flow of communication
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ECOLOGICAL FACTORS
• Family• Race• Religion• Locale• Physical ability• Sex/gender• Economic class• Vocation• Physical needs• Social affiliations• Etc.
•Impacts the counselor
•Impacts the client
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OTHER ISSUES
• Turf• Generational differences• Confidentiality/green cards• Loss of face• Too much help• Occupational cultures• Seeking community representatives
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