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Patricia Arredondo, PhD

Donald Atkinson, PhD

Robert Carter, PhD

Madonna Constantine, PhD

Michael D’Andrea, PhD

Donald Pope Davis, PhD

Janet Helms, PhD

Allen Ivey, PhD

Courtland Lee, PhD

Don C. Locke, PhD

Paul Pedersen, PhD

Joseph Ponterotto, PhD

Gargi Roysicar, PhD

Derald Wing Sue, PhD

Clemmont E. Vontress, PhD

 [To] recognize the human diversity and multicultural nature of our society;

 To enhance the development, human rights, and the psychological health of ethnic/racial populations and all people as critical to the social, educational, political, professional, and personal reform in the United States and globally;

 To identify and work to eliminate conditions that create barriers to the individual development of marginalized populations;

 To develop, implement, and/or foster interest in charitable, scientific, and educational programs designed to further the interests of marginalized populations;

 To secure equality and access of treatment, advancement, qualifications, and status [for] individuals and families in counseling, wellness, and mental health work;

 To publish a journal and other scientific-educational and professional materials with the purpose of raising the standards of all who work in providing counseling, wellness, and mental health. (AMCD, n.d., “Our Mission”)

In April 1991, AMCD approved Sue et al.’s (1982) rationale for a multicultural and/ or cross-cultural perspective in counseling. AMCD proposed 31 multicultural counseling competencies and strongly encouraged ACA (then known as the American Association of Counseling and Development) to adopt the competencies in accreditation criteria. The competencies were approved and became a standard for counseling training and practice (Sue, Arredondo, and McDavis, 1982).