Multicultural Counseling After reading the many articles on the notion of diagnosis and counseling with multicultural/ethnic patients‚ it has come to my attention that this focus is solely based on stereotypical attitudes. Sure‚ it can be said that it is important for a therapist to have a background of the patient’s heritage and culture‚ but doesn’t this necessarily mean that the outlook of the therapist will be put in a box by doing so? I think multicultural competency is a ridiculous way to
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personality during the wartime and become a sarcastic‚ suspicious person with a little racial discrimination. These changes might happen with the reason of the trauma and experience of the history when he was maltreated and discriminated during the tough period. In Cathy Caruth’s article “Trauma and experience”‚ she described that trauma as a syndrome of people who cannot accept their impossible histories and generate the symptom of refusing possess the memory. “If PTSD must be understood as a pathological
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Philosophy of Counseling One of the various definitions of an effective counselor includes being well-versed and educated within a theoretical approach. However‚ most importantly having a working knowledge and practice of specific skills related to the theory. Therefore‚ defining your theoretical approach and beginning to put those skills into practice is essential to providing effective therapy to prospective clients. Part of finding the most
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In my own definition a trauma can be described as an event that upsets the individual’s normal causing psychological‚ physical‚ and emotional harm. A trauma has different meanings to each individual however‚ anyone can experience a trauma. Bessel A. van der Kolk an expert in the field of traumatic stress states that‚ “experiencing trauma is an essential part of being human; history is written in blood” (Van der Kolk‚ McFlarlane‚ &Weisaeth‚ 2007). Some examples of a trauma include rape‚ physical
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Historical Trauma is the collective emotional and psychological injury both over the life span and across generations‚ resulting from a cataclysmic history of genocide. Historical Unresolved Grief is grief resulting from the historical trauma of genocide‚ grief that has not been expressed‚ acknowledged and resolved. Like trauma‚ it can span across generations. Many cultures have experienced massive losses of lives‚ land‚ and culture from different people resulting in a long legacy of chronic trauma and
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system are a highly traumatized population‚ with higher rates of trauma higher than the general public (Miller‚ Green‚ Fettes & Aarons 2011; Salazar‚ Thomas‚ Gowen‚ & Mark 2013). “One study found that the overall trauma rate of exposure for youth in foster care was double that of the general public and very similar to that of urban young adults and yet the rate of PTSD was higher in foster care youth‚ 18.8% compared to 8.8% of trauma exposed urban young adults (Salazar et. al. 2013 p. 550).” Traumatic
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According to the CDC and Arizona State University childhood trauma has been shown to affect the victim throughout his or her entire life. Traumatic experiences often involve a threat to life or safety‚ but any situation that leaves you feeling overwhelmed and alone can be traumatic‚ even if it doesn’t involve physical harm. Childhood trauma is also a major contributor to the development of personality disorders later in life. In particular‚ borderline personality disorder‚ complex post-traumatic
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Trauma Theory Psychological trauma can have an everlasting effect on a person’s life. According to Armsworth and Holaday (1993)‚ Psychological trauma occurs when an individual is exposed to an overwhelming event that renders him or her helpless in the face of intolerable danger‚ anxiety‚ and instinctual arousal (p. 49). Anyone no matter what age‚ can experience a traumatic event. However‚ children are the ones mostly affected by a traumatic event. Trauma regardless if it is sexual abuse‚ physical
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Merriam-webster describe trauma as very difficult or unpleasant experience that causes mental or emotional problems for a long time. Trauma also known as a Greek word for wound. People experience trauma when exposed to something disturbing or traumatic. According to healthline traumatic events are marked by a sense of horror‚ domestic abuse‚ serious injury‚ natural disasters‚ terror attack or the threat of serious injury‚ sexual abuse‚ and any other event that’s beyond a person’s natural ability
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The Hidden Minority Upon hearing multicultural counseling‚ culturally diverse counseling‚ or counseling of diverse populations most people may think of groups that differ from the dominant culture in our society‚ such as‚ race‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ etc. Many people do not think beyond these categories to consider a second tier of diversity‚ for instance‚ age‚ disability‚ sexual orientation‚ etc. What is the dominant culture? In most references the comparison is associated with the White Euro-American
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