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    VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for ACA by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 900 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to 2017.


    A Model for Analyzing Critical Cultural Domains in Counselor Development

    Marie A. Wakefield, Douglas L. Garner, Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson, and Tiffany Tyler

    2010

    For the purpose of this article, the term cultural competency will refer to the mastery of a skill set to effectively work with a culturally different population (Bucher, 2004; Diller & Moule, 2005; Duke, Conner, & McEldowney, 2009; Guindon & Sobhany, 2001; Sue, 2001). This article provides a brief history of the multicultural movement, cultural competence, the rationale for a model that can assess culturally competent counseling, a framework for self-awareness, application of a model for culturally competent practices, and implications for future research.

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