Foundations of psychology: Assessment 1A Jessica Sowden Student number 11595390 Word count 462

Question 2.
Even though the mental health and wellbeing of CALD individuals in Australia is a national health priority, there is little information about how Australian clinicians incorporate multicultural counselling into their practice.
The aim of this study was to get a better understanding of how different types of mental health professionals work effectively with CALD clients. To find out what skills, strategies and behaviours were used by participants and what was effective and not so effective.
The study methods involved began by getting 15 mental health professionals from different age and social demographics. The 15 were a mix of clinical psychologists, social workers, counsellors, general psychologists and a psychiatrist. All participants had some sort of experience with CALD clients.
Each participant was given a form to complete regarding their age, experience, education, professional context and ethnicity of participants client base.
Then an interview was conducted which went for around 45 mins to an hour. It involved one open ended non directive question followed by several prompts if needed. The interview was recorded by tape and later transcribed and analysed by the first and second author.
The study found that most participants found it necessary to collect cultural knowledge before seeing a client but this having positive and negative effects. Participants found it unnecessary to know all different cultures but more important to know where to get the information from. The study also found the importance of establishing roles, interpersonal communication and rapport building.

Question 3.
Two quantitative articles that describe similar research to Khawaja and