Preparing Counselors to Work with Refugees: Integration of Experiential Activities

ABSTRACT

The number of globally displaced refugees has increased by record-high numbers. Refugees are forced out of their home countries and many are resettled in the United States. As the number of refugees entering the US continues to increase, there is a need to ensure that mental health counselors understand the unique needs of this population and provide culturally appropriate counseling services. The aim of this article is to present experiential activities that counselor educators can use in counselor preparation programs to better prepare counselors-in-training to work with refugees.

KEYWORDS:

• Counselor training
• counseling students
• multicultural counseling
• refugee
• creativity in counseling

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.