1. Values-Based, Multicultural Approach to Career Counseling
PSY 714
Instructor: Emily E. Bullock, Ph.D.
Lecture from Chapter 4 of:
Brown, D. (2007). Career information, career counseling, and career development (9th ed.).
New York: Allyn & Bacon.

2. Values-Based, Multicultural Approach
Work of Duane Brown
Based on a culmination of research on values and multiculturalism from psychology and a variety of other literature bases
Assumes that values can be defined within a culture and must be addressed as truths in career counseling
Unique in the approaches integration of advocacy in the career counseling process

3. Values-Based, Multicultural Approach
This approach addresses 8 core areas:
The assessment of cultural variables
A culturally appropriate relationship

4. 8 Core areas continued The facilitation of the decision-making process
Who makes the decision?
The identification of career issues (assessment)
Is crisis career counseling needed?
3 suggested, qualitative assessment devices
Pattern Identification
Achievement Profiling
Lifeline

5. 8 Core areas continued
The establishment of culturally appropriate goals
Are client, family, and culture’s goals the same?
“Did your_____ affect this goal you set?”
The selection of culturally appropriate interventions

6. 8 Core areas continued
The implementation and evaluation of the interventions used
Interventions aligned with goals
Evaluation based on level of goal attainment
Advocacy
Requires working as a mediator between clients and industry
Being aware of relevant information and resources

7. Findings Fouad & Byars-Winston (2005) Metanalysis
Byars-Winston, A. M., Fouad, N. A. (2006). Metacognition and multicultural competence: Expanding the culturally appropriate career counseling model. The Career Development Quarterly, 54,
Findings
Fouad & Byars-Winston (2005) Metanalysis
No difference in career aspirations by self-reported racial/ethnic groups
Racial/ethnic minorities perceived fewer career opportunities and greater barriers
Hold that counselors should evaluate their culturally-relevant metacognitions when working with clients
Poses the CACCM with their own 7 steps
Assert that “cultural differences in norms, values, and expectations significantly shape the emergence and recognition of a career problem operate not only for the client but also for the counselor.”

8. Values-Based, Multicultural Approach
Application of this model to groups
What more might you need to know to effectively use the ideas from this approach?
How might you currently see yourself using this approach?
How might this approach differ and/or fit with other theories we have discussed?