Operationalizing the Multicultural & Social Justice Counseling Competencies: Implications for the Counseling Profession

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Learning Outcomes - Participants will gain knowledge and understanding of the MSJCC model; its individual parts and how they work together. Participants will identify areas in which they feel strong with respect to multicultural and social justice competence and areas in which they can improve. Participants will learn ways to implement multicultural and social justice competencies into practice, within the domain and ecological levels.

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Why Enhance Multicultural Ethical Implications multicultural counseling competency is required across all counseling specialties, counselors gain knowledge, personal awareness, sensitivity, dispositions, and skills pertinent to being a culturally competent counselor in working with a diverse client population (ACA, 2014) Competence Counseling Relationship Increases rapport Betters communication Builds trust Provides an holistic approach Allows for better conceptualization of client and presenting problem Will result in better outcomes

Key Terms Privilege:: an advantage, right, or benefit available only to a specific person or group of people. Privileged group members are those who hold power in society. Marginalization: Marginalized group members are those who are oppressed in society and lack the systemic advantages bestowed on privileged groups. Oppression: Systemic injustice; beliefs or behaviors that disadvantages a group of people or individual. Ex. racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ableism Multicultural/Diversity Counseling: counseling that recognizes diversity and embraces approaches that support the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of individuals within their historical, cultural, economic, political, and psychosocial contexts (ACA, 2014). Social Justice Counseling: Using advocacy and activism as a means to address inequitable social, political and economic conditions that impede the academic/personal/career and personal/social development of individuals, families and communities (Ratts, 2009) Multicultural/Diversity Competence: counselor cultural and diversity awareness and knowledge about self and others, and how this awareness and knowledge are applied effectively in practice with clients and client groups (ACA, 2014).

The Model Overview 1)Quadrants 2)Domains 3)Competencies 4)Ecological Layers

Quadrants 1)Privilege a)client b)counselor 1)Marginalized a)client b)counselor

Poll Question #2 Multicultural Counseling occurs when a white counselor is working with a non-white client? True False

Domains 1) Counselor Self- Awareness 2) Client Worldview 3) Counseling Relationship 4) Counseling & Advocacy Interventions

Counselor Self-Awareness Stereotyping can be unintentional Affinity Bias In-group vs Out-group Neural Pathways--- empathy Blind -spots Distorted Perceptions for self-other 2017, Chi Sigma Iota, All Rights Reserved

Which applicant are you most likely to hire? Least Likely?

Poll Question #3 Which of the four domains in the MSJCC model resonates most for you? 1) Counselor Self-Awareness 2) Client Worldview 3) Counseling Relationship 4) Counseling & Advocacy Interventions

Aspirational Competencies Within the first three domains 1. Attitudes/Beliefs 2. Knowledge 3. Skills 4. Action

Poll Question #4 Which one of the following is NOT a part of the old Multicultural Model from 1992? 1. Attitudes/Beliefs 2. Knowledge 3. Skills 4. Action

Socio-ecological Layers 1) Intrapersonal 2) Interpersonal 3) Institutional 4) Community 5) Public Policy 6) International/Global

Poll Question #5 In which socioecological layer do you feel you do the most advocacy? 1) Intrapersonal 2) Interpersonal 3) Institutional 4) Community 5) Public Policy OR International/Global

Poll Question #6 In which socioecological layer do you feel you do the least advocacy and, thus, commit to making more efforts? 1) Intrapersonal 2) Interpersonal 3) Institutional 4) Community 5) Public Policy OR International/Global

Steps for Implementing Social Justice and Advocacy Interventions Step One: Identify the need(s) for your client and/or population Step Two: Decide which layer(s) your client or population needs to be served. Step Three: Review the interventions from the model and ask yourself the following questions: In what ways is my client/population s needs being (or not being) met? Which interventions in this layer relate to my client/population s current problem areas? How am I doing as a counselor with each intervention? 2017, Chi Sigma Iota, All Rights Reserved

Steps for Implementing Social Justice and Advocacy Interventions cont. Step Four: Communicate your thoughts with others (co-workers, supervisors, collateral sources, and most importantly, your client). Gain insight and perspective from their understanding of nature, intensity, diagnosis, and prognosis of the problem. Step Five: Decide where effort devoted to a specific intervention will adequately address the need(s) identified in Step One.

Step Six: Develop a strategy for implementing the intervention. Ask yourself the following questions: Who takes ownership of the intervention? What is my role in this intervention? Who else is involved in this intervention? Who or where do I need to elicit assistance from? What are the potential outcomes of implementing this intervention? (pros/cons) What will I need to do to prepare for the outcome of implementing this intervention? What is the timeline for implementing this strategy? 2017, Chi Sigma Iota, All Rights Reserved

Step Seven: Evaluate the outcome Did you achieve what you hoped you would? Talk with your client(s). What is their perspective in terms of advocacy and social justice as a result? If you have a formal MC assessment or questionnaire, employ that before and after implementation. Step Eight: Make adjustments where necessary and/or create a maintenance plan for this intervention. How will I ensure that this competency remains as is? How often will I go back and evaluate the state of this intervention?

Example of the Steps in Action Case Scenario: You are a counselor working with a client who identifies as homosexual. This client has recently come out and reports experiencing stigmatization and a sense of devaluing in one of their major settings (e.g. school, home, work, church). This client reports feeling as if he or she has no voice and wants to discuss strategies for standing up for myself. 2017, Chi Sigma Iota, All Rights Reserved

Application of the Steps Step One: Identify the need. Step Two: Layer? Step Three: Review the competencies from the model and evaluate? Step Four: Collaborate with others (Who? How?) Step Five: Which intervention (and which part)? Step Six: Develop careful, comprehensive, informed strategy -Who? -What? -Where? -When? -Why? -How? Step Seven: Evaluate the outcome Step Eight: Make adjustments or create a maintenance plan

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Resources Model http://www.counseling.org/docs/defaultsource/competencies/multicultural-and-social-justice-counselingcompetencies.pdf?sfvrsn=20 Counseling Today Article http://ct.counseling.org/2016/01/multicultural-and-social-justicecounseling-competencies-practical-applications-in-counseling/ JMCD Article http://www.drmanivongjratts.com/uploads/2/8/2/3/28230485/msjcc_- _guidelines_for_the_counseling_profession.pdf