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Infusing Cultural Competence and Advocacy Into Strength‐Based Counseling
Author(s) -
GROTHAUS TIM,
McAULIFFE GARRETT,
CRAIGEN LAURIE
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of humanistic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2161-1939
pISSN - 2159-0311
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2012.00005.x
Subject(s) - ethnocentrism , cultural competence , competence (human resources) , psychology , cultural influence , pedagogy , social psychology , engineering ethics , sociology , social science , engineering
Strength‐based counseling represents a welcome shift from prevailing deficit perspectives. However, the literature often treats enhancing strengths as an acultural concept, minimizing or ignoring the essential role of culture in forming and defining strengths. Integrating cultural competence and advocacy into strength‐based practice is examined as an antidote to ethnocentric practice.