How MFTs of Color Develop Their Multicultural Counseling Competencies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12158985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Holmes (0000-0003-3879-0311, University of San Diego, corresponding author), Valerie Q Glass (0000-0002-2581-8488, University of San Diego), Valerie Glass |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 328-338 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Family Therapy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0892-2764 • E-ISSN: 1573-3335 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10591-024-09724-w |
| OpenAlex | W4404624516 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
The training programs in marriage and family therapy have received criticism for providing multicultural counseling to diverse populations from White and Western perspectives. Training programs provide less focus on the training needs around cultural competency and cultural humility for students of color. This research study is a phenomenological approach to understand the experiences of students of color in their MFT training programs and during their early clinical experiences, as they developed their multicultural counseling competencies. After interviewing eight participants about their lived experience, data was analyzed via a thematic analysis and resulted in identifying three themes. (1) There are specific multicultural counseling skills that participants frequently use (2) Learning in a White environment means learning without adequate representation, without diverse content and research, and without discussions focusing on diversity. (3) MFT programs need to incorporate a more diverse training approach including increased diversity in its faculty, literature, and general content
Counseling psychology · Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Cultural humility · Diversity (politics · Ethnic group · Interview · Medical education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Medicine · Psychology
Research methods in family therapy
From Mastery to Accountability
Cultural Humility
Racial Group Membership and Multicultural Training
Applied critical race theory
The Soul of Therapy
Closing the Loop
Position Paper
Foundations of Qualitative Research
The Experiences of Students of Color at a Predominantly White Institution
The Experiences of Black Master's Counseling Students
| Highly cited | No |
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