It is important to be familiar with counseling skills, interventions, and
techniques that can be used with culturally diverse clients. Mental health
professionals are increasingly called to a standard of accountability in their
work, which necessitates using evidence-based skills. Thus, they should
incorporate skills and interventions that have been subjected to empirical
research that supports their effectiveness and use with clients.
There are a number of ways in which mental health professionals can develop
their skills (intervention strategies and techniques) in working with
culturally diverse clients. However, this first implies an underlying ability
to read and understand scholarly research and to critique that research.
Tasks:
Using your readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and
scholarly sites on the Internet, locate a minimum of three scholarly articles
that discuss evidence-based counseling skills that can be used with
multicultural individuals.
In a 3- to 4-page paper, address the following points:
Provide a summary of each article.
Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of each article.
Provide your reactions with recommendations for applying the techniques to your
own counseling.
Your response should rely upon at least three sources from additional
professional literature and relevant textbooks.
Submission Details:
By Wednesday, June 17, 2015, save your Microsoft Word document as
M6_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc and submit it to the M6 Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Provided a summary of the article.
16
Compared and contrasted the strengths and weaknesses of each article.
8
Provided reactions with recommendations for applying the techniques to your own
counseling.
8
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical
scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate
spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
8
Total:
40
