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The two posts are the responses of the following questions( for you to have a better idea what are the posts about) Which of the competencies do you still need to learn and/or practice? Which ones do you think will be challenging for you as a community counselor? Please reply to each posts, 200 words each post

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The two posts are the responses of the following questions( for you to have a better idea what are the posts about)

• Which of the competencies do you still need to learn and/or practice?
• Which ones do you think will be challenging for you as a community counselor?

Please reply to each posts, 200 words each post.

Post 1

To be culturally competent, I need to be aware of common values of different cultures and assumptions to avoid bias and do my work effectively. To achieve my goal, I have to learn awareness competencies, skills, and knowledge competencies. In awareness competencies, I need to be culturally aware, diverse, and sensitive to my own culture while respecting the value of other cultures. To achieve awareness competency, I will learn of my background, values, and attitudes in my culture. With this understanding, I will value the differences between cultures and cultivate respect for them. Knowledge competencies is for me to have extensive knowledge of my cultural and racial heritage and know how these factors affect my counseling process. I need to learn about common social issues such as stereotyping, racism, oppression, and my feelings and belief. I will also know my social impact on those I am interacting with, how I communicate to facilitate the counseling process. As a community counselor, I have to seek out training and educational skills to enrich my understanding of different cultures. To be competent, I need to seek an understanding racial and cultural composition of societies constantly.

The most challenging competency as a community counselor will be awareness. We are all raised in different environments, and awareness is something to practice every day while around different communities to get it right. To be aware of the culture and race of the people I am dealing with; I have to accurately interpret verbal and nonverbal communication and know certain culturally bound approaches. Awareness competencies will be challenging because some responses are impulsive, and one can realize their mistakes later, which were not intentional. To be culturally sensitive will require a lot of work, and I will give my best in this field to be a competent counselor in all sectors.

Post 2

To be effective in our roles, counselors should enjoy helping others and possess specific attributes and skills. Counselors today are working with increasingly diverse populations that have diverse sets of needs. Improving a solid set of essential skills is required for an effective and successful mental health practitioner.

1-Multicultural Counseling Competencies:

- Culturally competent counselors have to be aware and sensitive to their own cultural heritage and to valuing and respecting differences.

- Culturally competent counselors are aware of how their own cultural background and experiences, attitudes, values, and biases influence psychological processes.

- Culturally competent counselors are able to recognize the limits of their competencies and expertise.

- Culturally competent counselors seek out educational, consultative, and training experiences to enrich their understanding and effectiveness in working with culturally different populations. Being able to recognize the limits of their competencies

2- American Counseling Association (ACA) Advocacy Competencies

In direct interventions with clients and students, the advocacy-oriented counselor is able to:

- Identify the strengths and resources that clients/students bring to the counseling process.

- Identify the social, political, economic, and cultural factors that affect the client/student.

- Recognize the signs indicating that an individual’s behaviors and concerns reflect responses to systemic or internalized oppression.

- Advocacy is integral to the counseling process. When counselors become aware of external factors that act as barriers to an individual’s development, they may choose to respond through advocacy.

3- Competencies for Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Clients

Competent counselors will:

-Understand that biological, familial, and psychosocial factors influence the course of development of LGBT orientations and transgendered identities.

- Identify the heterosexist assumptions inherent in current lifespan development theories and account for this bias in assessment procedures and counseling practices.

- Recognize that identity formation and stigma management are ongoing developmental tasks that span the lives of LGBT persons.

- Acknowledge that heterosexism is a worldview and value system that may undermine the healthy functioning of the sexual orientations, gender identities, and behaviors of LGBT persons.

- Understand that heterosexism pervades the social and cultural foundations of many institutions and traditions and may foster negative attitudes toward LGBT persons.

4- Advocacy Competencies Self-Assessment Survey.

- Self-assessments or self-evaluations survey allow you to self-reflect and consider your strengths and weaknesses. Respondents can gain insight that helps them improve in any setting needed.

After reading the chapter I concluded that I needs to learn and practices more in my Analytical and research skills. I need take the time to analyze the situation more deeply and think of all possible scenario. Being analytical, but also having strong research skills it very important for me. It demonstrates my determination, my ability to assess different scenarios, and my commitment to be sure before giving an answer to my patients. Moreover, an ability to manage multiple assignments at the same time, and being flexible enough to work under ever changing conditions, management, environment and rules is highly appreciated for me and is another setting that I need improvers my skills.