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Mindfulness Techniques to Promote Culturally Appropriate Engagement
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2018/10/02/
Pages: 490 - 504
Sources ID: 69026
Visibility: Public (group default)
Abstract: (Show)
Attention to a client’s culture is at the core of counseling services. Working within a client’s values and beliefs must be a lifelong commitment and not restricted to training alone, as cultural competence is a journey and not a destination. Two distinct paradigms available for training are the Multicultural Counseling Competence Model and the Cultural Humility Model. These two models provide structure for working within a client’s culture. The authors propose the integration of mindfulness techniques into classroom training activities to move beyond superficial application and into ownership of culturally appropriate engagement.