As a multicultural counselor, you should take action to intervene alongside and on behalf of your clients, from directt intervention with clients to the global policy levelof clients at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, community, public policy, and international/global levels

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• Take action on your personal development / continuing education​

  • Professional Development Opportunities (Link)

  • More Continuing Education (Link)

  • Learn how and where to become and advocate (Link)

• Suggested Reading​

  • The Anti-Racist Toolkit (Link)

  • The End of Bias: A Beginning - Jessica Nordell (Link)

  • How to Be an Anti-Racist - Ibrahim X. Kendi (Book Link)

  • Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Article)

  • Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Link)

• Direct Client Advocacy​

  • Keep your contact information and insurance information up to date

    • With APA​ and on public websites, including your own

    • With the insurance companies you accept

  • Use multicultural intake forms (Link)​

  • Create a safe space to talk about race: (Broaching Video)

  • Culturally Informed Approach to Counseling - (Video)

  • Learn about how to avoid microaggressions - (Link)(Video)

• Institution/School/Community Advocacy

  • Reach out to institutions to educate them on client issues​

  • Work with client to identify environmental factors that impinge on their development

  • Help client identify community advocacy groups they can join

  • Join the local community and become active yourself

• Public Advocacy

  • Learn how to advocate for public policy changes (Link)​

  • Write an op-ed for the local paper to educate

  • Reach out to lawmakers directly to provide education on issues relevant to your clients