Abstract

The Cultural responsive and socially just counselling: Teaching and learning guide provides a variety of experiential learning activities focused on the culturally responsive and socially just (CRSJ) counselling model and competencies. The purpose of this teaching and learning guide is threefold:

Firstly it provides learning activities (self-study, partner activities, and group activities) as well as discussion questions or prompts that are easily incorporated into graduate and undergraduate courses, either online or in face-to-face contexts. These are designed to be integrated by course instructors who are teaching in the areas of multicultural counselling and socially justice practice.

Secondly it supports students in their competency development as professional counsellors or other healthcare practitioners who will work with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds and who will be accountable to professional standards for ethical, culturally responsive, and socially just practice.

Finally it encourages existing practitioners to assess and enhance their current levels of cultural competence or to respond to known challenges or gaps in knowledge, attitudes, or skills by focusing on learning activities related to particular competencies or key concepts.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Welcome, Teachers and Learners

CRSJ Counselling Model

DOMAIN I. THE UBIQUITOUS NATURE OF CULTURE IN COUNSELLING

CC1 Cultural Sensitivity

CC2 Intersectionality

CC3 Worldviews

DOMAIN II. ATTENDING TO SOCIAL LOCATION

CC4 Social Location

CC5 Power and Privilege

CC6 Identity Development

CC7 Cross-Cultural Transitioning

DOMAIN III. PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY

CC8 Cultural Responsivity and Social Change

CC9 Social Justice Values

DOMAIN IV. COUNSELLING AS RELATIONSHIP

CC10 Transformative Relationship

CC11 Salience of Culture and Social Location

CC12 Constructive Collaboration

DOMAIN V. CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION

CC13 Metatheoretical and Theoretical Lenses

CC14 Case Conceptualization

CC15 Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Change

DOMAIN VI. ENACTING MULTILEVEL CHANGE

CC16 Microlevel Change

CC17 Mesolevel Change

CC18 Macrolevel Change