Utilizing Acceptance Commitment Therapy to enhance multicultural counseling competency
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Chicago School of Professional Psychology
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Throughout its development and into current practice, the field of psychology has
demonstrated a number of biased, oppressive, and ethnocentric practices. In response,
numerous professionals have taken it upon themselves to advocate for the amelioration of
cultural bias. As a result of their efforts, in 1996, the APA issued guidelines with the
intention of intertwining ethical practice with cultural knowledge and awareness. With
these guidelines in place the APA positioned multicultural counseling competency
(MCC) as an integral component of current professional psychology programs. The effort
to incorporate MCC into graduate coursework has been met with resistance from faculty
and students. Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) has demonstrated effectiveness at
lowering resistance and experiential avoidant behavior. This dissertation proposes an
ACT consistent protocol, designed for psychology graduate students, and with the aim of
decreasing avoidance toward MCC based coursework while increasing awareness of
cultural variables that can arise during therapy.
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Lubin, F. R. (2011). Utilizing Acceptance Commitment Therapy to enhance multicultural counseling competency. Retrieved from ProQuest Digital Dissertations (AAT 3515262)