Masters’ Work: Hispanic/Latino American Barriers in counseling

“The potential barriers of counseling Hispanic/Latino Americans are that they might not seek help until other resources are exhausted, and particularly for poor families and individuals, external problems may need to be cared for first, such as needs for food, employment, education, and medical support through agencies that provide these services.

In discussion and comparison of belief systems between Indigenous people and Hispanic/ Latino Americans, this learner will again look at five major areas of concern that seem to unite similarities found in of all therapies. Therapy in general should arouse hope and decrease anxiety, maintain cultural ideologies, respect acts of hidden significance, strengthen interpersonal relationships, and respond to the client’s past history. “

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