There are biases in the mere nature of counseling and the research it is based on. In the past, counseling and psychology was lead by a research team of well-off, white men. These men are the men that created the beginning of counseling. Not to say these men did not lay a solid foundation, but, they missed quite a bit of the population. Women, Native Americans, African Americans, Immigrants, LGBTQs, all these people experience the world through a different lens and their experiences are very different from the original white men that created counseling. Counseling is growing, but there is no growth quite rapid enough to keep up with the diversity of people in this world. Knowing all of this, cultural competency in awareness of the limits of counseling research is essential before entering a counseling
There are biases in the mere nature of counseling and the research it is based on. In the past, counseling and psychology was lead by a research team of well-off, white men. These men are the men that created the beginning of counseling. Not to say these men did not lay a solid foundation, but, they missed quite a bit of the population. Women, Native Americans, African Americans, Immigrants, LGBTQs, all these people experience the world through a different lens and their experiences are very different from the original white men that created counseling. Counseling is growing, but there is no growth quite rapid enough to keep up with the diversity of people in this world. Knowing all of this, cultural competency in awareness of the limits of counseling research is essential before entering a counseling