MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING: EXPLORING LOCAL WISDOM IN COUNSELING APPROACHES

Abstract

Sometimes even we often encounter differences in intercultural values, beliefs, and norms can be an obstacle in understanding and integrating local wisdom into counseling practices, especially in multicultural counseling. So this research aims to find out and understand and expand knowledge about cultural diversity and local wisdom through multicultural counseling seen from symbolic interpretation, traditional practices, community support systems, existing challenges, and the competencies that counselors must have in dealing with them. Based on the problems mentioned, this research will use the literature study method by reviewing journals that are in accordance with the objectives of this research. So that the conclusion of this discussion is that by understanding local wisdom in multicultural counseling we can take advantage of the existence of local wisdom to increase the effectiveness of multicultural counseling and also to help counselors in developing suitable interventions so that the counseling process runs smoothly and does not cause division.