Multicultural Assessment
Describe your racial, cultural, and ethnic background. I would identify myself as
White, although my ethnicity is Irish, English, German, and Native American. I
was born and raised on the island of Hawaii, which has allowed me to be immersed
in a culturally diverse mix of people and practices. This has given me the
opportunity to appreciate and value others views, values, and beliefs. Other parts of
my culture include that I am an only child and I was brought up in a middle class
family that was not religious. Describe your assessment results in the areas of
multicultural awareness, multicultural knowledge, and multicultural skills.
Counselors need to be aware of diverse cultures and understand their own biases,
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Counselors must gain awareness, knowledge, and skills in counseling diverse
groups of clients (Corey, Corey, Corey, 2014). Some ways to become culturally
competent include, but are not limited to, respecting religious and spiritual beliefs
as well as family roles; understanding the impact of adverse social and
environmental factors when assessing problems and providing interventions; and
providing group members with the expectations of the group process (Corey,
Corey, Corey, 2014). In order to create a respectful, productive, and beneficial group
some ways to become a more culturally competent counselor include continuing to
self reflect on my own cultural identity, values, beliefs, and biases; read about,
practice and implement group interventions that have been shown to be effective
with different cultural groups; gain supervision when needed; and avoid imposing
my own personal worldview onto the group members (Corey, Corey, Corey, 2014).
By doing these things as well as seeking out opportunities to learn more about the
various cultures that I will be working with can help to expand my knowledge of
diverse groups, continue to expand my personal self awareness, and improve my
skills towards becoming a more culturally competent