Author(s)

Gerald Conner, William Walker

Department of Behavioral Science, Faulkner University, Montgomery, AL, USA.

Behavioral science helping professionals are ethically obligated to achieve cultural competence in their work with clients. The rapid rise of the minority population in the United States means that helping professionals can expect to work with clients from cultural backgrounds different from their own. This paper examines four cultural groups—African Americans, Hispanics, LGBT, and military veterans, and specific cultural concerns unique to each group. The purpose of the paper is to increase therapist awareness and knowledge of these group-specific cultural issues, thereby contributing to a greater degree of counselor cultural competence.

Counselor, Cultural Competence, Minority Groups

Conner, G. and Walker, W. (2017) The Culturally Competent Counselor: Issues Specific to Four Minority Groups. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 5, 113-121. doi: 10.4236/jss.2017.53010.