Worldview & History of the Counseling Profession
– What is a worldview, and how can a counselor assess a client’s worldview?
– What affect may the client’s worldview have on the counseling relationship?
– Given our current climate of majorly divergent views on important events, how might this understanding of worldview be helpful when thinking about issues and dealing with others?
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Assignment Content
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Multicultural counseling techniques and behaviors have evolved as the counseling profession has evolved. This assignment will allow you to examine the history of the counseling profession so that you can compare it to the current state of multicultural counseling, as well as becoming aware of your own personal viewpoints and biases.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word comparison of the history and current state of multicultural counseling. Include the following:
– Summarize significant historical changes in society that influenced multicultural counseling.
– Describe the implications of worldview, culture, ethnicity, prejudice, and privilege in counseling.
– Describe contemporary issues, such as the implications of a more diverse society, the effects of discrimination, and the availability of services for different populations.
– Identify any personal biases that you may have once had that stemmed from your worldview.
– Explain why multicultural standards for practice are important in professional counseling.
Sample Solution
Modern psychotherapy practice is mediated by several counseling models and techniques. For instance, Meyers (2014) reveals that a typical counselor will invariably embrace a particular theory, method or school of thought regardless of their field of specialization. Thus, whether it is cognitive behavior therapy, solution-focused therapy, strength-based, holistic health, person-centered, Adlerian or other, counsellors will most likely demonstrate a proclivity for particular approaches (Meyers, 2014). However, a commonality in all of these approaches and techniques has been identified in extant literature: their potential effectiveness is likely to be squelched unless the counselor is successful in building a strong therapeutic alliance with the client.
