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more on cultural competence |
| October 17th, 2008 | | | No Comments
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Abstract (Summary)
This article explores the historical and sociopolitical contexts of the multicultural competency movement and the challenges and promise of becoming a culturally competent counselor. Specific attention is directed to the promise and opportunity for those who commit to a culturally competent personal and professional way of life
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individualism-collectivism in counselling |
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A recent article, “Rethinking Individualism and Collectivism: Evaluation of Theoretical Assumptions and Meta-Analyses” (D. Oyserman, H. M. Coon, & M. Kemmelmeier, 2002), revealed that 170 studies have been conducted on the worldview dimensions of individualism and collectivism. The authors’ analyses of the studies provided empirical support for the theoretical notion posited by numerous multicultural counseling scholars, which outlines the importance of understanding worldview for competent practice. This article reviews the results of the authors’ analyses and discusses the implications for counseling
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Professionalisation & collective identity of counsellors |
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The authors discuss how attaining various standards of professionalism has inadvertently resulted in challenges to professional counselors’ collective identity. The authors reviewed interviews with senior contributors to the profession published in the Journal of Counseling & Development, identifying themes in their comments to suggest potential solutions to helping profes-sional counselors find unity in diversity.
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Therapist as Internationalist? |
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I found this paper online about demands on current European psychiatry to move towards having cross-cultural awareness:
Cox, J.L. (2007) European Psychiatry: moving towards integration and harmony. World Psychiatry, February, 6(1), p. 54-56. World Psychiatric Association, available on:http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1805728
It appears hopeful that psychiatry is moving towards such a stance, what i am wondering is that he paper does not suggest how this may happen, although it highlights the need for it! So, to what extend are psychiatrists aware of their own cultural influences and then how those interact with those of their patients in that respect is something i would like to hear more about. This is a debatable quote i note from the article::
“The boundaries between primary and secondary, neuroscience and social science, psychiatrist and psychologist, traditional healer, religious counsellor and psychotherapist, hospital and community all have to be traversed in both directions all the time. These migrations are being driven by at least two social forces. The first is the demand of the users for greater autonomy and more personalized healthcare. The second is the scientific advances of psychiatry, demonstrating, for example, the mechanism of the link between gene expression, early development and adult personality”
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Living between two cultures narratives |
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I found this link which includes narratives of people that live between two cultures. I know that in my research i shall remain focused on therapists experiences of that exclusively but reading those articles helps me find the discourse in my own narrative:
http://www.helium.com/items/767839-living-between-two-cultures
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