Internationalization of counseling: Integrating the Western theories and practices into the local ways

KEKLİK İ.

JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT, vol.51, no.2, pp.128-135, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 51 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/jmcd.12252
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Psycinfo
  • Page Numbers: pp.128-135
  • Keywords: counseling, de-colonization, multiculturalism, social justice, Turkey, justicia social, descolonizacion, multiculturalismo, consejeria, Turquia, CULTURAL SAFETY
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The field of counseling has been expanding over the globe in recent decades. Countries newly establishing the profession seem to adapt Western-originated theories and practices without sufficient alteration or modification to their local cultures. Turkey with its 70 years of experience with counseling is a significant example. In this paper, the need for integrating foreign theories, concepts, and practices into the local-host cultures will be discussed from social justice and de-colonialization point of view.