n transforming Western theory to a new culture, the effort is to focus on the specifics and needs of that culture...... (The approach also uses)... anthropological constructs and the methods of microtraining seeking to discover a more culturally sensitive approach to conceptualization of counseling theory, training in counseling skills and knowledge, and in the use of evaluative research techniques.
Haley (2004:1) discusses the primary orientation of the culture-specific approach as one where there is a heavy emphasis on the counselor examining his or her own attitudes and racial beliefs. There is also work on issues related to oppression and to other racially relevant topics. In all matters, the counselor using the culture-specific focus is said to view clients as both individuals and as members of a group.
What should be seen from the foregoing is that both of these theoretical approaches to multicultural counseling have similarities and differences. The two approaches are similar in that they both understand and re
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