Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

AD104: Multicultural Counseling

This course focuses on the role of multiculturalism in the counseling field. The goals of our work will be to acquire cultural competency and cultivate cultural humility. The course emphasizes personal development towards the understanding of and sensitivity to cultural differences including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. This course also promotes an honest examination and personal reflection of one's own cultural identity. We will explore the ways in which membership in a cultural group and identification with that group impact the counseling process for both the client and for the counselor. This course also supports and encourages the development of increased levels of multicultural awareness, competency, and humility as an essential component in the clinical development of future counselors. 

Required text:
Counseling the Culturally Diverse – Sue and Sue. Publisher: Wiley. Edition: 9^th (not available in digital format)

The course will:

• Employ strategies to further the development of multicultural awareness, competence, and humility including, but not limited to an examination of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality.
• Foster the student’s development and transition to becoming a culturally sensitive counselor by implementing suitable interventions for people from marginalized populations.
• Enlist and maintain confidentiality, healthy boundaries, and ethical practices in the counseling relationships.

Course Development, Activities and Design:

• Experiential, reflective and process oriented.
• Reading/Lecture/Discussion
• In-Class Skill Building Exercise(s)
• Research Assignments and Presentations of Research

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