Culturally Competent Counselor
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Culturally Competent Counselor -WK7
Our authors have laid out a good foundation in
Counseling the Culturally Diverse:
Theory and Practice, (Sue et al., 2019), what it means to be a culturally competent helping
professional.
The three main competencies: awareness, knowledge, and skills, set the framework
for all counselors for work under. As counselors we are hope givers, allowing the Holy Spirit to
move and work through us, as we allow him too.
Even though our authors have given us much
information (facts) which is knowledge, we must then be able to take the facts learned and have
the ability to lift out the facts what we learned (understanding). The next step of what to do is the
wisdom.
King James version, tells us “And the spirit of the Lord rest upon him, the spirit of
wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the
fear of the Lord.”
First, to be competent also means we must continually remind ourselves as
counselors that we can not nothing of ourselves.
One of Kollar’s “Guiding Assumptions,” is that
God is already active in the counselee. (2011, p.61)
Only God knows the whole story about
their life.
Clinton and Hawkins, (2009), give us a reference guide to deal with issues that touch
peoples’ lives.
As the counselor, you should ask permission to start your meeting with a prayer.
Prayer is an integral part of your help and healing intervention.
Prayer is the effective
introductions to take your counseling vertically and inviting God directly into the relationship.
We can do nothing of ourselves.
(John 5:30)
It is the Holy Spirit, that brings about the comfort,
healing, and change, that must take place in the counselee.
It is important to share our
relationship, we have with the Holy Spirit, with the counselee.
One way of doing this, is through
prayer.
Secondly, providing relevant Bible passages and commentary to assist my counseling
work from beginning to end is of importance.
Embedding the entire process in a biblical
framework and calling on the Lord’s power to do many things we cannot do solely in our own
strength are essential to doing authentic Christian counseling. (Clinton & Hawkins, 2009, p.10)
It is my responsibility as a competent counselor to constantly stay aware of my own
values, biases, assumptions about human behavior (sin/righteousness), preconceived notions
(judgments), and my personal limitations. So, I constantly seek God to search me, and know my
heart, try me, and know my thoughts.
I want God to see if there be any hurtful way in me and
lead me in the everlasting way. (Psalm139:23-24)
I am aware that there are many different
people, nations, cultures.
Jesus told us he had other sheep, not of this fold: them also I must
bring, and they shall hear my voice; and shall be one fold, and one shepherd. (John 10:16) As
counselors we must remember these words.
Through our counseling we will be apart of the
reaping and harvesting process.
Secondly, as a competent counselor even though I have knowledge about culturally
diverse groups, the scripture tells us that we know no man after the flesh. (2 Corinthians 5:16).
I
am actively attempting to understand the worldview of others’ cultures and the sociohistorical
context in which that worldview develops. (Sue, et al., 2019)
We are given the facts and
information, but our counseling ministry does not reside on the surface (outward flesh) of things,
but the hidden man.
As the counselor my chief aim is to actively listen to the portrait (present
story).
My responsibility is while listening to the counselee to find that unique opportunity to
enter their world.
While building rapport with them I will show that I identify with and
understand the situation, demonstrating fit. (Kollar, 2011, p.95).
They are the expert of their
situation.
Though some things may be familiar about my life struggles, with those of the
counselee’s, they are not exact.
So, we do not make the mistake of looking at things through an
etic view, but an emic view. (Sue, et al., 2019)
Thirdly, as a competent counselor I am actively in the process of developing and
practicing appropriate, relevant, and sensitive intervention strategies and skills.
When the church
was established the gave some pastors for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. (Ephesians 4:12)
As pastoral counselors he
makes sure he equips us with everything good, every skill needed to carry out his will, working
in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to who be glory forever and ever.
Amen. (Hebrews 13:21)
We have endured things in our lives to be given as a gift to others.
Event things the enemy meant for evil against us will be used for our good.
These will be used
tools of skills to help in ministry. I Peter 5:10, tells us that after we have suffered a little while,
the God of all grace, who has called us tohis eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm,
strengthen, and establish us.
Last, I believe this competency should be first and foremost.
The scripture gave
reference to those Jesus was calling, that the last shall be first and the first shall last. (Matthew
20:16). It is used here to only make a point of its importance.
Our authors state that being a
culturally competent counselor means you must incorporate an orientation of cultural humility.
(Sue et al., 2019)
For God to use any of us, we must remain humble.
We cannot be puffed up
because we have knowledge and have been equipped with skills through the Holy Ghost.
And if
any man think that he knoweth anything, knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. (1
Corinthians 8:2)
We do not know anything of ourselves. We must know how to relate to all
people at every level and walk of life.
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to
abound: everywhere and in all things, I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to
abound and to suffer need. (Phillipians 4:12)
We must know how to condescend to men of low
estate. (Romans 12:16) The scriptures tell us we can have all the knowledge about an issue but
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without it being missed with love, with will not be able to edify or help the person. (1
Corinthians 8:1) As a culturally competent pastoral counselor, it is not enough to all a gift from
God, understand mysteries, and all knowledge, and have charity (love), we are nothing.
We must
remember to show Gods love and grace through our counseling.
Every counselee is a soul that is
loved by God.
Staying on our faces before God, helps us to remember, we also daily, need that
grace. When we stay humble and show God’s love, he will be exalted and draw the hurting, lost,
and in need of healing to himself.
Love is the principal thing.
Love must be incorporated
throughout our counseling.
References
Clinton, T., & Hawkins, R. (2009).
The Quick Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling: Personal
and Emotional Issues.
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
King James Bible. ((1987).
Holy Bible.
Dugan Publishing, Gordonsville, TN
Kollar, C. A., (2011).
Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling: An Effective Short-Term
Approach for Getting People Back on Track.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Sue, D.W., Sue, D., Neville, H., Smith. L. (2019).
Counseling the Culturally Diverse
: Theory and
Practice. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.