scholarly journals The Value of Adapting Counseling to Client’s Spirituality and Religion: Evidence-Based Relationship Factors

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 951
Author(s):  
Amelia L. Evans ◽  
Jennifer Koenig Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Multicultural Competence ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Multicultural Counseling Competencies ◽  
Spirituality And Religion ◽  
Client Factors ◽  
Relationship Factors ◽  
The Relationship

There is a strong tradition of attention to relationship factors in the field of counseling. The research on the importance of the relationship and adapting to client factors continues to grow, supporting the importance of professional multicultural competence. The field of counseling, specifically within the United States context, has focused on Multicultural Counseling Competencies with more recent emphasis on social justice through the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies. Within these competencies, spirituality and religion are mentioned as multicultural components to consider as potentially salient to clients. Yet, there has been less emphasis on ways to adapt counseling to a client’s spirituality and religion compared to other multicultural components of one’s identity, such as race, gender, and culture. Historically, a lack of training, fear of causing offense, or concerns about influencing clients, resulted in clients’ spirituality and religion being overlooked far too often in counseling. Despite this tendency, recent clinical evidence on relational responsiveness identifies the adaptation of counseling to a client’s spirituality and religion as highly effective. In this article, the authors discuss how adapting counseling to a client’s spirituality and religion, in relation to all multicultural factors salient to the client, enhances relational responsiveness and treatment effectiveness. The authors also discuss the implications for training, supervision, and practice.

scholarly journals What Does It Mean to Be a Culturally-Competent Counselor?

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamshad Ahmed ◽  
Keith B. Wilson ◽  
Richard C. Henrikson Jr. ◽  
Janet Windwalker Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Multicultural Competence ◽  
Multicultural Counseling ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Human Service Workers ◽  
Multicultural Counseling Competencies ◽  
Changing Demographics

Changing demographics require human service workers to become more multiculturally competent. Using the multicultural counseling competencies as a foundation, the presenters outlined strategies to develop competencies within the awareness, knowledge and skill domains of multicultural competence. The authors propose implications for improving advocacy for multicultural social justice.

Multicultural Counseling Competencies

2017 ◽  
pp. 237-254
Author(s):  
Keith B. Wilson ◽  
Jenelle S. Pitt ◽  
Malik A. Raheem ◽  
Carrie L. Acklin ◽  
José M. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Multicultural Counseling ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Multicultural Counseling Competencies ◽  
Underrepresented Groups

Given the diversity related curriculum requirements of many accrediting bodies in education and the human services to improve service delivery for those who are part of underrepresented groups in the United States, the curriculum requirements efficacy is debatable. Evidence suggest there is a disconnect between the principles of social justice and multicultural counseling competencies and the lack of application of these two principles. This chapter will emphasize these concerns and the reasons why there is such a gap with the application of these two principles using both empirical and anecdotal evidence from past research. Because the terms behavior/action and application seems to be used as synonyms, we will explore the explicit differences in these and other terms. This chapter will also highlight scenarios and give examples of what application looks like and end with recommendations to improve the application of both the multicultural counseling and social justice principles.

Multicultural Counseling Competencies

2020 ◽  
pp. 1568-1585
Author(s):  
Keith B. Wilson ◽  
Jenelle S. Pitt ◽  
Malik A. Raheem ◽  
Carrie L. Acklin ◽  
José M. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Multicultural Counseling ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Multicultural Counseling Competencies ◽  
Underrepresented Groups

Given the diversity related curriculum requirements of many accrediting bodies in education and the human services to improve service delivery for those who are part of underrepresented groups in the United States, the curriculum requirements efficacy is debatable. Evidence suggest there is a disconnect between the principles of social justice and multicultural counseling competencies and the lack of application of these two principles. This chapter will emphasize these concerns and the reasons why there is such a gap with the application of these two principles using both empirical and anecdotal evidence from past research. Because the terms behavior/action and application seems to be used as synonyms, we will explore the explicit differences in these and other terms. This chapter will also highlight scenarios and give examples of what application looks like and end with recommendations to improve the application of both the multicultural counseling and social justice principles.

Multicultural Competence, Social Justice, and Counseling Psychology: Expanding Our Roles

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Vera ◽  
Suzette L. Speight
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Multicultural Competence ◽  
Multicultural Counseling ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Multicultural Counseling Competencies ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Psychology Literature

The construct of multicultural competence has gained much currency in the counseling psychology literature. This article provides a critique of the multicultural counseling competencies and argues that counseling psychology's operationalization of multicultural competence must be grounded in a commitment to social justice. Such a commitment necessitates an expansion of our professional activities beyond counseling and psychotherapy. While counseling is one way to provide services to clients from oppressed groups, it is limited in its ability to foster social change. Engaging in advocacy, prevention, and outreach is critical to social justice efforts, as is grounding teaching and research in collaborative and social action processes.

Testing the national identity argument

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Miller ◽  
Sundas Ali
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
National Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
National Attachment ◽  
The Relationship

The national identity argument holds that a shared national identity is necessary to motivate citizens in democratic societies to pursue a number of goals, especially social justice. We review the empirical evidence for and against this claim, looking particularly at how national identities have been measured. We distinguish between studies that aim to compare the relative strength of identities cross-nationally and those that look at individual differences within one nation. We separate four dimensions of national identity: national attachment, national pride, critical vs. uncritical patriotism, and civic vs. cultural conceptions of identity. These are only weakly correlated with each other, and impact differently on support for social justice and the welfare state. Using case studies from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, we suggest that the relationship between national identity and social justice varies between societies, and that a key factor is finding an appropriate balance between the strength of such identities and their inclusiveness.

The Impact of Social Injustice on Public Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-20
Author(s):  
Barry S. Levy
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Adverse Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Social injustice creates conditions that adversely affect the health of individuals and communities. It denies individuals and groups equal opportunity to have their basic human needs met. It violates fundamental human rights. It represents a lack of fairness or equity. This chapter provides two broad definitions of social injustice. It gives examples of social injustice, both within the United States and internationally. It describes adverse health effects related to social injustice. And it outlines ways in which health professionals and others can work to minimize social injustice and its adverse health consequences. Text boxes describe concepts of social justice, as well as the relationship between science and social justice. The Appendix to the chapter contains the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Recommendations for School Counselors: Applying the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC) in Assisting Korean Adolescent Students in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2090301
Author(s):  
Carleton H. Brown ◽  
Sang Min Shin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Asian Student ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Korean Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Student

The school counseling profession strongly encourages practitioners to work within a multicultural and a social justice perspective. More literature is needed that clarifies exactly how school counselors can use such a perspective in working with Asian student populations. We describe how school counselors can use the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies framework in school counseling with the rapidly growing Korean adolescent student population in the United States.

Facilitating Application of the Multicultural Counseling Competencies

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-244
Author(s):  
Keith B. Wilson ◽  
Jenelle S. Pitt ◽  
Carrie L. Acklin ◽  
Jason E. Gines ◽  
Si-Yi Chao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Counseling ◽  
The United States ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Multicultural Counseling Competencies ◽  
Underrepresented Groups ◽  
The World

Diverse people living throughout the world have existed for many centuries. Perhaps, the United States may have one of the most diverse populations in recent memory. There are indications that human service organizations need to be more accessible when underrepresented groups either seek, or are in the pipeline of providers. To facilitate outcomes of all populations, we assert that the Multicultural Counseling Competencies (MCC) model that deals with awareness, knowledge, and skills should emphasize the application concept more. We operationalized cognitive, behavior and action, and application terms and applied these terms to the MCC in extensive examples. Additionally, we highlight that the use of the terms behavior and action are mistakenly conflated to mean application. Thus, decreasing application principles in the MCC. Future research and recommendations are highlighted.

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