CROSS CULTURAL COUNSELING (EDG 4008),
NORDIANA BT MOHD NOR,(0813296),
The topic above has stated about teaching cross cultural counseling and trainee counselor is a waste of time. Unless, equipping them with the skills and competencies for being good counselor. It is because, as a counselor in Malaysian country. They should exempt with their own culture rather than learning the other’s culture likes Indonesian and Singaporean. As we know, all trainee counselors will be sent to the local places in our country before they get an opportunity to be as a counselor in other places that I have mention before.
Next, it is necessary for being good counselor by focusing on having skills and competencies. It is because, as a counselor, they should master with their own field like applying counseling skills that they have learned such as confronting, self disclosing, reflecting feeling and content, interpreting with their own client. Can we imagine, what will go on if there has certain counselor that did not knowing or using the skill that they should? I think, it will harm to sided as counselor also clients.
As my opinion, I am disagreeing with “teaching cross cultural counseling and trainee counselor is a waste of time. It is because for me as a counselor, it is necessary for them to know more about cross cultural counseling and make it as an additional knowledge. Cross cultural is one of the important subjects for student of counseling program to take and learn it. This just because, of the subject have cover a lot information towards other people culture rather than our own culture.
Next, cross cultural is interrelated with trainee counselor. Why I am saying that because of according to Roger D. Hearing with his written book of “Multicultural counseling in schools” have stated that, culturally diverse school populations require the services of school counselors who are open minded, knowledgeable and accepting of diverse worldviews. So that, as a counselor they should know many more things even though the knowledge is not or related with their own field in order to make them become an excellent counselor and make themselves well prepared if there has certain problem in case that is really needs their own ability to handle the problems of diversity client.
Lastly, the idea of focusing future counselor with the skills and competencies for being good counselor only, is good but it is more necessarily if there also include knowing something that is not on their field. It is because, counselor is the most important or responsibility person if there has certain people referring of whenever they get any problem. So that, if there has certain counselor who are only expert with skills and competencies for being good counselor but at the same time, they did not know how to solve client’s heavy problem.
As a conclusion, counselor should have balancing knowledge including knowledge that is related or outside of their profession. It is because, to become a good counselor, they should know many things in order for them to be an excellent and comprehensive counselor. Then, the idea of trainee counselor is good because it has give people who are in charge of counselor to be to develop their skills and competencies by sending them to the seminar or make them having preparation before becoming the truly counselor. Moreover, whenever make a training counselor, why not; the sided that organizes also includes the subject of cross cultural counseling in order to make it not become one of the waste programs.
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