Counselor Educators are charged with incorporating ethical and culturally relevant strategies into the curricula in Master's level counseling programs. The presenter will review the methods used in one Counselor Education program to assist counseling students in developing Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling skills. The presenter will review the 2015 MSJC Competencies and share methods used in skills training to expand student self-awareness and counseling relationship skills. Using an interactive format, the presenter will facilitate discussion of current effective methods that may enhance the development of MSJC competencies in order to expand student self-awareness and counseling relationship skills that are required when a therapist and client are from differing cultural groups.
