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Perception and Understanding of Counselor Trainees on Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia

Counselor trainees deal with clients of various cultures while providing counseling services. This study aims to identify the perceptions and understanding of counselor trainees to Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia. Qualitative methods through semi-structured interviews were conducted on twelve...

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Main Author: Dini Farhana Baharudin
Other Authors: Faculty of Leadership and Management
Format: Conference Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Multicultural counseling
Counselor
Competency
Perception and understanding
Online Access:http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5258
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spelling my.usim-52582017-01-09T20:46:37Z Perception and Understanding of Counselor Trainees on Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia Dini Farhana Baharudin Faculty of Leadership and Management Multicultural counseling Counselor Competency Perception and understanding Counselor trainees deal with clients of various cultures while providing counseling services. This study aims to identify the perceptions and understanding of counselor trainees to Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia. Qualitative methods through semi-structured interviews were conducted on twelve counselor trainees from two higher institution of learning in Malaysia for their views on the issues of Multicultural Counseling. Interview results revealed that in general, the twelve counselor trainees have good perception and understanding of Multicultural Counseling. All of them have sufficient attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of Multicultural Counseling. But all counselor trainees agreed that there are deficiencies in the skills that made them not fully prepared to deal with clients of various cultures. This deficiency may be caused by the difference in experience between them. The implications of this study are expected to broaden the understanding and awareness of issues of Multicultural Counseling and counselor trainee/counselor educators in general. 2012-01-19T03:09:20Z 2012-01-19T03:09:20Z 2012-01-19 Conference Paper http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5258 en
institution Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
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topic Multicultural counseling
Counselor
Competency
Perception and understanding
spellingShingle Multicultural counseling
Counselor
Competency
Perception and understanding
Dini Farhana Baharudin
Perception and Understanding of Counselor Trainees on Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia
description Counselor trainees deal with clients of various cultures while providing counseling services. This study aims to identify the perceptions and understanding of counselor trainees to Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia. Qualitative methods through semi-structured interviews were conducted on twelve counselor trainees from two higher institution of learning in Malaysia for their views on the issues of Multicultural Counseling. Interview results revealed that in general, the twelve counselor trainees have good perception and understanding of Multicultural Counseling. All of them have sufficient attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of Multicultural Counseling. But all counselor trainees agreed that there are deficiencies in the skills that made them not fully prepared to deal with clients of various cultures. This deficiency may be caused by the difference in experience between them. The implications of this study are expected to broaden the understanding and awareness of issues of Multicultural Counseling and counselor trainee/counselor educators in general.
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Dini Farhana Baharudin
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title Perception and Understanding of Counselor Trainees on Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia
title_short Perception and Understanding of Counselor Trainees on Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia
title_full Perception and Understanding of Counselor Trainees on Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia
title_fullStr Perception and Understanding of Counselor Trainees on Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Perception and Understanding of Counselor Trainees on Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia
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