Level: Advanced
Duration: 4 days
Dates: 25 - 28 March 2025
Venue: Singapore University of Social Sciences and via Zoom
The primary aim of this course is to provide awareness and understanding of multicultural counselling and therapy. Participants will learn how to handle ethical dilemmas with reference to the Code of Ethics. This course also equips participants with the skills to identify the factors in the multicultural contexts that influence their client's behaviour. They will also explore the impact of these factors on the client's behaviour and reflect on their own practice.
This programme is for professionals, both counsellors and social workers, as well as individuals embarking on a career switch into the social service sectors that seeking to gain competence in multicultural counselling and therapy.
- Ethical Principles and Codes
- Singapore Association for Counselling: Code of Ethics
- Ethical Decision-making Model
- Ethical Dilemmas: Case Studies
- RESPECTFUL Counselling and Therapy Theory
- Multicultural Counselling and Therapy as Metatheory
- Multicultural Competencies
- Counsellor Awareness of own Cultural Values and Biases
- Counsellor Awareness of Client's Worldview
- Culturally Appropriate Intervention Strategies
- Contemporary Counselling Theories vs Multicultural Counselling Theory in a Singapore context
- Developing an Integrated Model of Practice
- Application: Role-plays and Case Studies
Learning Outcomes
Appraise the importance of Code of Ethics in counselling.
Assess ethical dilemmas with reference to Code of Ethics.
Apply standard and flexible rules of conduct when working in multicultural contexts.
Examine the complexity of culture and its role in counselling.
Analyse how one’s cultural background, experience, belief system, attitudes, values and biases influence the counselling process.
Evaluate traditional and contemporary theories in counselling.
Examine the weakness and biases that exist in current counselling practices.
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of Theory of Multicultural Counselling.
Develop a counselling approach of personal preference with justification.
Formulate one’s own integrated approach to counselling.
A. Knowledge and Understanding (Theory Component)
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Examine the complexity of culture and its role in counselling.
- Analyse how one's cultural background, experience, belief system, attitudes, values and biases influence the counselling process.
- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of Theory of Multicultural Counselling.
B. Key Skills (Practical Component)
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Assess ethical dilemmas with reference to Code of Ethics.
- Apply standard and flexible rules of conduct when working in multicultural contexts.
- Formulate one's own integrated approach to counselling
- Apply appropriate counselling skills when working with multicultural clients
| Time | Agenda |
|---|
| Day 1 |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Ethical principles and codes |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Singapore Association for Counselling: Code of Ethics |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Ethical decision-making model
Ethical dilemmas: case studies |
12:00 – 13:00
| Lunch
|
13:00 – 15:30
| RESPECTFUL Counselling and Therapy theory
|
15:30 – 15:45
| Break
|
15:45 – 17:00
| Activity
|
17:00 – 17:30
| Discussion
|
| Day 2 |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Multicultural competencies |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | Multicultural Counselling and Therapy as metatheory
|
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 15:30 | Activity: Assessing one’s own multicultural competence |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Activity: Practice multicultural skills - role-plays |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Discussions |
| Day 3 |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Counsellor awareness of own cultural values and biases |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | Counsellor awareness of client’s worldview |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 15: 30 | Culturally-appropriate intervention strategies |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Activity: Practice culturally-appropriate intervention strategies |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Discussions |
| Day 4 |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Contemporary Counselling Theories vs Multicultural Counselling Theory in Singapore |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 -12:00 | Developing an integrated model of practice |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 15:30 | Activity: Practice integrated model
|
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Activity |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Assessment |
- Undergraduate degree in any field from a recognised institution
- Need to be working with an SSA at the point of application
Dr Christopher Fong
D.Prof
A distinguished career as a clinician, leader and consultant both in the public and private sectors. In 2016, was appointed by the Ministry of Social Family Development as one of their National Social Service Fellow. His current academic portfolios include consultant, clinical professor, supervisor and external examiner for doctoral candidates with foreign universities.
Currently advising the Workforce Singapore (WSG) on the impact of diversity and inclusion as an in-demand skills of the 21st century for job seekers. His expertise in managing a global and culturally diverse workforce in a Singapore context has gain visibility with various policy makers and governments both locally and globally.
At SUSS, he was the module leader for the cross cultural counselling modules (COU303/503), designing, developing and delivering the entire courseware to both at the under and post graduate levels. A global thought leader sharing similar insights at international conferences, courts of justices and academic publications.
As a National Fellow in the social service space, he trains and coach sector leaders and senior clinicians. Consulting social service agencies (SSA) towards aligning their organizations towards being more digitally and technologically efficient and effective.
Conferred the Doctor of Professional Studies from the University of Southern Queensland Australia in 2015. Dr. Chris is a Council Member of Singapore Scouts Association. He is also a voting member of the prestigious American Psychological Association.
Please submit the following documents to [email protected]:
- Coloured copy (back and front) of NRIC for Singaporeans and PRs, or "Employment"/"S" Pass for foreign applicant
- Application form
1 Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy: Singaporeans aged 40 and above may enjoy subsidies up to 90% of the course fees.
2 Enhanced Training Support for SMEs: SME-sponsored employees (Singaporean Citizens and PRs) aged 21 and above may enjoy subsidies up to 90% of the course fees.
- Participants are required to achieve at least 75% attendance and pass any prescribed examinations/assessments or submit any course/project work (if any) under the course requirement.
- Participants are required to complete all surveys and feedbacks related to the course
- The course fees are reviewed annually and may be revised. The University reserves the right to adjust the course fees without prior notice.
- Singapore University of Social Sciences reserves the right to amend and/or revise the above schedule without prior notice
For clarification, please contact the SUSS Academy via the following:
Telephone: +65 6248 0263
Email:
[email protected]