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Multicultural Counseling Competencies = Ethical Practice

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In this paper, Weinrach and Thomas present a rationale for the adoption of the mental health competencies based on existing research and examples of application of the competencies, and view them as a living document.
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The adoption of the Competencies is indicative of ethical and culturally responsive practices. Historical marginalization based on ethnic, racial, cultural, and socioeconomic differences and scientific racism have adversely affected the mental health professions and clients deserving of services.A rationale for the adoption of the Competencies is articulated based on existing research and examples of application of the Competencies. Rebuttals are made to criticisms about the Competencies by Weinrach and Thomas (2002). Viewing the Competencies as a living document indicates their future evolution as a set of culturally universal and culturally relative guidelines for the mental health professions.

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The case for cultural competency in psychotherapeutic interventions.

TL;DR: The meaning of cultural competency, positions that have been taken in favor of and against it, and the guidelines for its practice in the mental health field are examined.
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Cultural competence and evidence-based practice in mental health services: A complementary perspective.

TL;DR: The present article illustrates the complementary nature of culturally adapted interventions in the move from efficacy research to effectiveness studies and the implications of cultural adaptations of empirically supported treatments for mental health services in terms of research and practice with ethnic/racial minority populations.
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Multicultural counseling competencies research : A 20-year content analysis

TL;DR: Sue et al. as discussed by the authors conducted a 20-year content analysis of the entire field of empirical research on the multicultural counseling competencies (D. W. Sue et al., 1982).
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Spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists.

TL;DR: The authors developed a set of 16 basic spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists based on a comprehensive literature review, a focus group with scholars and clinicians, and an online survey of 184 clinicians experienced in the integration of spirituality and religious beliefs and practices and psychology.
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Clients' perceptions of their psychotherapists' multicultural orientation.

TL;DR: Clients' perceptions of their psychotherapists' MCO were positively related to working alliance, real relationship, and psychological functioning, and clients' strong alliance facilitates improvement in psychological well-being.
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How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement

Abstract: Arthur Jensen argues that the failure of recent compensatory education efforts to produce lasting effects on children's IQ and achievement suggests that the premises on which these efforts have been based should be reexamined.
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Multicultural Counseling Competencies and Standards: A Call to the Profession

TL;DR: The work of the Professional Standards committee went much further in proposing 31 multicultural counseling competencies and strongly encouraged the American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD) and the counseling profession to adopt these competencies in accreditation criteria as discussed by the authors.
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Operationalization of the Multicultural Counseling Competencies

TL;DR: The Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) as mentioned in this paper has provided leadership for the American counseling profession in major sociocultural and sociopolitical domains, through their vision of the centrality of culture and multiculturalism to the counseling profession.
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Predictors of Satisfaction with Counseling: Racial and Ethnic Minority Clients' Attitudes toward Counseling and Ratings of Their Counselors' General and Multicultural Counseling Competence.

TL;DR: One hundred twelve college students of color who sought and terminated mental health treatment at their campus counseling center were asked to indicate their attitudes toward counseling, ratings of their counselors' general counseling competence, rating of their multicultural competence, and satisfaction with counseling as discussed by the authors.
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