Chapter 2 Flashcards
Multicultural Counseling
(Fact = 50% of minorities don’t go back to therapy)
1) Begins with an awareness of your own identity, values, and biases
2) Understand the worldview of a culturally different client
Worldview
The way one interprets humanity and the world
Dual Relationships (Unethical)
More than 1 relationship with clients
Foundations for Therapeutic Relationship
Skills that will teach us how to Listen; understand the client both whats spoken and unspoken
Attending Behavior
Empathy
Observational Skills
Attending Behavior
Encourage client to tell their story (3 V’s and 1 B)
Microaggressions
Small insults that accumulate and magnify overtime
Do we need to be political correct?
Not really….Find alternative language that is less offensive that you and the client agree on
Ethics
Professional standards that define how things should be done
Morals
Individual principles that define our beliefs about right and wrong
Ethical Standards:
1) Do no harm (nonmaleficence)
2) Confidentiality (respecting clients right to privacy)
3) Dual Relationships (CANNOT have more than 1 relationship with your client)
4) Competence (stay willing to learn to help clients)
5) Informed Consent
Dual Relationship Exceptions:
1) You are the only therapist for miles
2) You can date previous clients after 5 years have pasted since last session
Relative Ethics in Counseling: Consult, Consult, Consult
1) Consult ethical code
2) Consult colleagues
3) Consult legal counsel
4) NEVER have RR with CL’s, CL’s loved ones, or CL’s family
Positive Asset Search
Discovering CL’s resources and strengths (finding exceptions to the problem)
Positive Psychology (Martin Seligman)
Looking at meaning in life
We need both positive and negative emotions
1) If the right side of the brain (negative emotions) is damaged it=maniac episodes, impulsiveness, spiral out of control
2) If the left side is damaged (positive emotions)= depressed and full of negative emotions
