Multicultural therapy practicum involving refugees: Description and illustration of a training model
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
The Counseling Psychologist
Publication Date
2013
DOI
10.1177/0011000013491610
Abstract
Multicultural scholars have long noted the value and the need to incorporate multicultural counseling practica into diversity-social justice training. This article describes an ongoing, systematic model of multicultural therapy practicum in which clinical psychology trainees provide direct psychotherapy to community-referred, culturally and linguistically diverse refugee clients, under culturally grounded supervision. As a university–community collaboration, this practicum embodies the principles of multicultural counseling competencies, social justice, community outreach and service, experiential learning, and trauma therapy. In this article, we describe the target refugee population, the theoretical/conceptual bases, the learning conditions, the organizational structure, and the evaluative research of this practicum. Next, we present a former trainee’s narrative account of working with a male Afghan refugee from an autoethnographic qualitative framework to illustrate the dynamic learning process and the intricate cross-cultural interactions between the client and therapist. Finally, implications of this practicum for future practice and research on experiential multicultural training are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Kuo, B.C.H. (2013). Multicultural therapy practicum involving refugees: Description and illustration of a training model. The Counseling Psychologist.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/psychologypub/8
Comments
This ariticle was first published in the Counseling Psychologist (http://tcp.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/07/23/0011000013491610.full) copyright SAGE Publications.