Towards a culturally competent counselor: The effectiveness of multicultural counseling and therapy training

• Main Author: Aguilan, Evangeline P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2004
• Subjects: Counselors; Counseling; Therapeutics; Psychotherapy; Educational Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/13
• Institution: De La Salle University

To help counselors appropriately and sufficiently meet unique client needs, this study generated an indigenized conceptualization of multicultural counseling and therapy. Focus Group Discussions were conducted among 47 counselors from Regions 6, 7 & 8 (6 males, 41 females mean age = 40). Experimental method using a modified Solomon Four Group design was utilized to test the effectiveness of MCT training. Participants were 52 counselors (11 male, 41 female mean age = 35) from Region 7. Clients were described, considered different due to group affiliations and/or unique statuses/experiences. Culture based competencies were delineated training needs were identified. An indigenized MCT evolved culture is found a significant factor. Before training counselors' profile reveal they were not culturally competent, had average counseling competencies and above average counseling self-efficacy. At .05 level there were significant differences in the pretest and posttest scores of the counselors, except for Relationship for all the variables training had an effect on the posttest, except self-efficacy and Relationship there were no significant differences between the posttest and delayed posttest scores. MCT training helped participants gain multicultural counseling knowledge, skills and awareness. All the topics/activities were found helpful.