Brain Drain - Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit

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counselling process. 5. The counsellors are aware of relevant
discriminatory practices at the social and
community level that may be affecting the
psychological welfare of the population
being served.
1. The counsellors are able to engage in a
variety of verbal and nonverbal helping
practices and pay attention to their culture
bound nature while choosing measures.
2. The counsellors use interventions for
the support of a client, helping him/her to
see when problems are due to bias and
racism in others and not in a client.
3. The counsellors are not averse to
seeking consultation with traditional
healers or religious leaders and
practitioners of culturally different clients
when appropriate.
4. The counsellors use the language
requested by a client, and seek a
translator if needed or refer a client to a
qualified bilingual counsellor.
5. The counsellors are experts in the use
of traditional assessment and testing
instruments and they are also aware of
the cultural limitations.
6. The counsellors should attend to as
well as work to eliminate biases,
prejudices discriminatory practices.
7. The counsellors take responsibility in
educating their clients to the processes of
psychological intervention such as goals,
expectations, legal rights, and the
counsellor’s orientation.
1. The counsellors should familiarize
themselves with relevant research. They
should actively seek out educational
experiences that enrich their knowledge,
understanding and cross-cultural skills.
2. The counsellors become actively
involved with minority individuals outside
the counselling setting.
C. Skills 1. The counsellors seek out educational,
consultative and training experiences to
enrich their understanding and
effectiveness in working with culturally
different populations.
2. The counsellors seek to understand
themselves as racial and cultural beings
and seek actively a non-racist identity.
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