CEEP 658 Multicultural Counseling Fall 2011Dr. WilsonExam 1

Text:Counseling the Culturally Different Chapter2:The Superordinate Nature of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy(MCT) Choose 4 (Short answers—1/2 page to1page max per question;Submit your final response in our “dropbox” in D2L by midnight Sept.11)1. The authors make the case that the notion of“universality isActually a culture-‐bound” notion that results in biased and oppressiveTheories and practice. Briefly describe your understanding of their argumentAnd how it changes or challenges some assumptions you’ve had about counseling.2. The authors identify 5 themes for MCT in this chapter, BRIEFLY describeAnd give an example illustrating the relevance of each one.3. The authors present a 3-part model of personal identity—what are thoseParts and why must counselors attend to each aspect in order to be culturallyCompetent helpers?4. The authors make the case that history counselors have focused on theIndividual level or the universal level to the neglect of the group level ofidentity—why might that be? What is so difficult/painful/uncomfortableabout dealing with the group level of identity? How does your ownresistance showup?5. On pages 42-‐43, the authors Outline 6 aspects of MCT. IN PLAIN LANGUAGE—your OWN words—describe what you understand thoseTo be.6. The authors identify 3 categories of multicultural counselingcompetency-what are they and what do they entail?7. The authors discuss in some detail the foci of therapeutic interventions.According to them,“individual” intervention is just one of several areas toWhich counselors should attend. What are the others and what might attending

To them look like for you in your future work as a helper?8. Chapter 2 begins to set the stage for questioning many of the traditionalAssumptions about counseling practice—for rejecting the notion that“goodCounseling is good counseling”—discuss your reaction to this and whatBeliefs you already hold that are challenged by it.