In the reading this week, the two chapters go hand-in-hand with each other. In chapter 2, it is outlined how professional organizations have established prohibitions against not taking race, ethnicity, and culture into consideration in counseling and psychological practice (Brown, 2016, pg. 142). In chapter 8, there are many multicultural adaptations that have been added to help guide counselors through dealing with individuals from different races and cultures. The author suggests that the best practice in doing so would be to conduct a values-based multicultural career counseling method. This method would consist of assessing cultural variable, a culturally appropriate relationship, identification of career issues, facilitation of decision-making process, establishment of culturally appropriate goals, selection of culturally appropriate interventions, the implementation and evaluation of the interventions used, and advocacy (Brown, 2016, pg. 145). As a counselor in practice, reading this was definitely something that I valued. I see a lot of students of many different races, and it is important to know exactly how treat each different student. I especially enjoyed table 8.1 on page 147. This reminded me of multicultural counseling where we had the opportunity to learn the interpersonal techniques that were appropriate for different cultures and which ones were not. It is refreshing to see that the classes we are taking are all connected and overlap at some levels!
In chapter 2, the ethical career counseling practices were discussed. Sadly, one of the aspects of counseling that we have to worry about is liability lawsuits. By following ethical principles, counselors can avoid the dangers that accompany lawsuits. Following above all, do no harm, be competent, respect clients’ rights to choose their own directions, honor your responsibilities, make accurate public statements, respect counselors and practitioners from other professions, and advocate for clients in need counselors can definitely be well equipped for anything that they may encounter on the job (Brown, 2016, pg. 32).
The article this week also corresponds very well with the book readings. In all cases, the reading is to enhance our knowledge on culturally appropriate career counseling methods. In the article by Byars-Winston and Foad (2006), they investigate the concept of metacognition. In terms of the article, metacognition is referred to as self-reflecting. Counselors can become more self-aware and can provide a method to uncover hidden personal assumptions they may have. Many of the skills that counselors rely on too get enhanced like flexibility and metacognition (Byars-Winston and Foad, 2006, pg. 197).
References
Brown, D. (2016). Career information, career counseling, and career development (11thed.). New York: Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN 978-0-13-391777-2.
Byars-Winston, A. M., & Fouad, N. A. (2006). Metacognition and Multicultural Competence: Expanding the Culturally Appropriate Career Counseling Model. The Career Development Quarterly, 54(3), 187-201. doi:10.1002/j.2161-0045.2006.tb00151.x
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