Compare And Contrast The Systems And Multicultural Approaches
Systems and Multicultural Approaches
LaTonia Demus
CJHS/400
August 5, 2015
Tabia Tabb
Systems and Multicultural Approaches
In today’s society most career counseling and guidance practitioners would readily acknowledge that each client is unique, and that individual differences must be accepted and respected. As a result many theories or approaches have come into play taking these factors into consideration. However, practice - based on theories taught during initial training and subsequently developed into 'action theories ' in the field - often reflects the assumption that a particular interviewing approach is transferable across a wide range of clients. Multicultural Therapy and the Systems Approach challenge these views.
Multicultural Therapy or Counseling refers to a counseling relationship in which the client and therapist are of different ethnicities, cultures, races and backgrounds. These include race, sex, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, language, geographical location or socioeconomic backgrounds. A counselor or client’s racial or cultural identity influences how problems are defined and dictates or defines appropriate counseling, goals or processes. The therapist sees a client’s description of their life stories as different ways of constructing meaning out of their life experiences. The multicultural approach has …show more content…
Layla is a 51 year old female who is Muslim and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. She is religious and is fearful that she will not be able to pray or keep her dietary restrictions. She is also fearful that she may be targeted because she is Muslim. The counselor would be able to assure her that the jails are equipped to accommodate her dietary needs and make sure prays when she needs to. She would also be assured that most jails have ways of accommodating people with certain religious needs and that she will probably be housed with other Muslim
LaTonia Demus
CJHS/400
August 5, 2015
Tabia Tabb
Systems and Multicultural Approaches
In today’s society most career counseling and guidance practitioners would readily acknowledge that each client is unique, and that individual differences must be accepted and respected. As a result many theories or approaches have come into play taking these factors into consideration. However, practice - based on theories taught during initial training and subsequently developed into 'action theories ' in the field - often reflects the assumption that a particular interviewing approach is transferable across a wide range of clients. Multicultural Therapy and the Systems Approach challenge these views.
Multicultural Therapy or Counseling refers to a counseling relationship in which the client and therapist are of different ethnicities, cultures, races and backgrounds. These include race, sex, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, language, geographical location or socioeconomic backgrounds. A counselor or client’s racial or cultural identity influences how problems are defined and dictates or defines appropriate counseling, goals or processes. The therapist sees a client’s description of their life stories as different ways of constructing meaning out of their life experiences. The multicultural approach has …show more content…
Layla is a 51 year old female who is Muslim and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. She is religious and is fearful that she will not be able to pray or keep her dietary restrictions. She is also fearful that she may be targeted because she is Muslim. The counselor would be able to assure her that the jails are equipped to accommodate her dietary needs and make sure prays when she needs to. She would also be assured that most jails have ways of accommodating people with certain religious needs and that she will probably be housed with other Muslim