Multicultural Orientation of Counsellors: Cultural humility and hope-based interventions

What is it about?

This chapter explores the ways professional counsellors shaped their multicultural orientation by integrating cultural humility with use of hope-based interventions to inform their practice. The information shared here provides a window into the experiences of professional counsellors who specifically found ways to integrate social justice within their practice.

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Photo by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen on Unsplash

Why is it important?

The results represent the collective knowledge and experience of these professional counsellors of what it means to be a multicultural counsellor, including perception of opportunities and challenges in developing a multicultural orientation in which to situate their practice. Amidst the backdrop of social unrest, listening to the counsellors reflect on their struggles and deep commitment to developing a multicultural orientation, brings to mind the lyrics of the Canadian musician Leonard Cohen (1992) “There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in”. I hope this chapter leaves the door open for others to consider different facets of the ways multiculturalism can shape practice and continue this important conversation.