2017

This paper focuses on addressing issues in advocating for clients whose native
languages are not English. As immigrants and other English language learners
continue to come to the United States, counselor educators and supervisors have
opportunities to encourage their bilingual or multilingual counselor education
students to become professional clinical mental health interpreters to better serve
the needs of such individuals. The authors argue that counselor education
programs have opportunities to prepare students and provide the knowledge,
abilities, and skills necessary to work successfully with language diverse clients.

Keywords: advocacy, bilingual, culturally competent, native language, English
language learners (ELLs), English as a Second Language (ESL), interpretation,
translation