This section seeks to help participants identify what counselling styles and
processes are important to them and to consider why they hold these particular
values and beliefs. As well, the discussion will look at different counselling
approaches and how they are or are not appropriate for their clients.
Our ethnicity is a key component of our cultural identity. An important aspect
of working with a culturally diverse clientele is understanding our own identity
and how it differs from others. This section outlines activities to help settlement
counsellors recognize their own cultural identity and how it interplays with
others' and affects their daily life and work.
The activities included in this module are designed to:
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Help participants recognize their own key values and beliefs related to
counselling.
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Increase participants’ awareness of how differences in values and
beliefs may affect the relationship between counsellor and client.
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Give participants the opportunity to compare and contrast their own values
and beliefs with other counsellors and to identify common principles that
should guide settlement counselling.
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Increase participants’ awareness of aspects of their cultural identities
that have conditioned their counselling values and beliefs.
Language: English
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