Transcript Psy 622: Cross-Cultural Counseling Daryl M. Rowe, Ph.D

Psy 622: Cross-Cultural Counseling
Daryl M. Rowe, Ph.D.
Pepperdine University
Graduate School of Education & Psychology
Introduction/Overview
Understanding Culture
“Knowledge is better than riches”
Introduction to Me
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Background/experiences
Research interests
Community interests
Clinical practice
Approach to teaching
Who are You?
 Expectations of the class
 Efforts willing to put forth
 Goals
 professional/personal –
 related to this course in next 10 years
Overview of the Course
 Demographic changes
 All counseling requires cultural competence
 Five purposes:
 Introduction to the literature re: the theory and practice of
cultural competence and cultural psychology
 Develop awareness of personal biases and their impacts
 Increase knowledge about various cultural
strengths/resources for treatment strategies for particular
groups
 Examine ways to integrate cultural competence in
professional life
 Understand ethical issues related to cultural competence
 Expose you to combination of theory, applications
& challenges
Texts
 McGoldrick, M., Giordano, J. & GarciaPreto, N. (Eds.) (2005). Ethnicity & Family
Therapy (3rd Ed.). NY: The Guilford Press.
 Rosenblum, K.E., & Travis, T.C. (Eds.).
(2008). The meaning of difference:
American constructions of race, sex, and
gender, social class, sexual orientation, and
disability. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
 Additional Readings per syllabus
Requirements
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Consistent with graduate-level work
Participation
20%
Cultural Immersion & Reflection
15%
Cultural Interview
20%
Sociocultural Self-study
15%
Group Presentation
30%
Philosophical Approach
to the Course
 Designed to help you intervene more
effectively
 Commit to helping you develop:
 Personal, social & institutional values
 Beliefs & attitudes that respect cultural
differences
 Intellectual & critical thinking abilities
 Highly developed interactive skills
 Symbolic, interpretive stance about self, others
& world
Conceptual Approach
to the Course
 Clinical psychology is/has been both
culture-bound & culture-blind (Lonner &
Malpass, 1994)
 Culture-bound: roots are firmly entrenched in
European and European-American thought
& theory
 Culture-blind: psychology has failed to
consider factors, not found in the West, that
influence the behavior of millions of humans
Assumptions
 Discipline of applied psychology has been
woefully inadequate in training culturally
competent MHP’s to work with increasingly
diverse populations
 Faculty often lack training, insight & motivation
 Many faculty are not well-meaning, e.g. don’t
think it necessary or worthwhile to examine
these issues
 Cultural competence is a philosophical
orientation NOT a specialty
Assumptions (cont.)
 Delivery of human services requires
fundamental respect for the rights, dignity
& worth of all peoples
 All training/treatment in professional
psychology should be contextualized within
the details of human existence
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Case vignettes
Mock interviews
Test protocols
Theory application
 Cultural competence involves risk!!
Recovery Oriented Perspectives
 Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA),
adopted following definition of
recovery (2004):
 “Mental health recovery is a journey of healing
and transformation enabling a person with a
mental health problem to live a meaningful life
in a community of his/her choice while striving
to achieve her/his full potential”
10 Fundamental Components
of Recovery
 Self-Direction
 Personcentered
 Empowerment
 Holistic
 Non-Linear
 StrengthsBased
 Peer Support
 Respect
 Responsibility
 Hope
Cross-Cultural Competencies
(Sue et al, 1982) APA, Division 17
 Awareness of one’s own cultural
background
 Awareness of values & limitations
 Knowledge of socio-political
influences and their impact on
persons from various groups
 Comfort with cultural differences
Cross-Cultural Competencies
(Sue et al, 1982) APA, Division 17 (cont.)
 Specific knowledge about various
groups
 Clear understanding of generic
counseling assumptions
 Skills to intervene interpersonally and
institutionally
Cultural Patchwork Quilt Exercise
INSIDER VIEW
Major features of your own cultural group, based on
how you define the features
DYNAMIC VIEW
OUTSIDER VIEW
How others define the major features of your
Cultural group
FIXED VIEW
50 years ago:
50 years from now:
How your cultural group was defined 50 years ago
and how it will be defined in 50 years,
Cultural Group Designation:
Major historical factors that have impacted your
cultural group’s development