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Cultural Plunge Handout

Student name:

Title of cultural plunge:

The cultural plunge experience

· What characteristic did you select for the cultural plunge?

· Why did you choose to change this characteristic for the cultural plunge?

· What were your expectations before you started?

· What personal biases did you discover while completing the cultural plunge? How do you plan to overcome these biases as a counselor?

The counseling process

· What are common attitudes, beliefs, needs, and philosophies of the examined population toward the counseling process?

· What strategies may be used to provide the best counseling services to the examined population?

· How does your culture define the roles of the counselor and the client? How does the culture you experienced define the roles of the counselor and the client?

· Describe the best local counseling resources and referral agencies that specialize in the examined population. Explain why these resources are the best available.