October 1, 2025YouthOpen Access

Multicultural Responsiveness with Newcomer Youth: A Counsellors’ Perspective

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Counsellor awareness and skills greatly impact their ability to support newcomer youth effectively, highlighting the need for improved training.
The study involved 15 counsellors in Canada, revealing four significant categories that define their multicultural counselling competencies.
Using a phenomenological research design, in-depth semi-structured interviews explored the perceptions of cultural competence among experienced counsellors.
Developing multicultural counselling competencies is crucial for enhancing practice, suggesting a need for focused training and research initiatives.

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MZMichelle ZakUniversity of Calgary LKLinnea F. KalchosUniversity of British Columbia AKAnusha KassanUniversity of British Columbia

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Descriptive phenomenological study highlights counsellors' multicultural competencies in supporting immigrant youth, suggesting areas for training and practice.

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Zak et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68dd89d7fe798ba2fc497a91 https://doi.org/10.3390/youth5040102

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Descriptive phenomenological study highlights counsellors' multicultural competencies in supporting immigrant youth, suggesting areas for training and practice.

Multicultural Responsiveness with Newcomer Youth: A Counsellors’ Perspective

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