Goal Four

Interns will demonstrate a commitment towards multicultural competency and humility.

Objectives

• Interns will demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to the impact of diversity issues

  Competencies expected:

  • Interns will demonstrate awareness of how one's personal identities (e.g., race, ethnicity, social class, religion, sexual orientation, ability status, gender, etc.) may impact clinical work and professional relationships
  • Interns will demonstrate awareness of how cultural factors influence clinical presentation, conceptualization, diagnosis, and the counseling process
  • Interns will engage in self-assessment of cultural skills and competencies, with recognition of own strengths and areas of growth
  • Interns will demonstrate an appreciation for human differences and desire to grow multi-culturally
  • Interns will articulate privileged identities and demonstrate awareness of how this privilege may impact the therapeutic process
• Interns will provide competent multicultural practice

  Competencies expected:

  • Interns will demonstrate culture-specific knowledge about diverse groups of people
  • Interns will demonstrate ability to gather essential and accurate psychosocial information related to diversity characteristics
  • Interns will effectively process multicultural issues in clinical work and when receiving supervision
  • Interns will demonstrate multi-culturally competent individual therapy