Multicultural Competencies in Counselling (MCC) Practices in Kenyaand Zimbabwe

Multicultural competencies (MCC)have been widely authorized and put into practice in both training and Counsellingprograms. It is deemed as unethical for counselors and psychologists to provide services to a population that is culturally dissimilar if they have not had any education and training in multicultural competencies. This study therefore seeks to ascertain if practicing Counsellors in Kenya and Zimbabwe implement Multicultural competencies during Counselling sessions as expected of them. The study adoptedphenomenological research design study. Purposive sampling was employed to sample ten (10) respondents.Data was collected through interviews andwas analyzed thematically. Findings revealed thatalthoughcounselors from Zimbabwe seem to lack training in multicultural counselling, counselors from Kenya and Zimbabwe showed some degrees of cultural awareness and practices from the perspective of being culturally conscious. Language barrier was identified as a major challenge to multicultural counseling practice.The study recommends inclusion of multicultural counseling in the counselors training and continue education in the same for those who already have training in multicultural counseling. Counselors among the people of different culture and language may need to learn the language of the people or at least make use of professional interpreters who are conversant with ethical principles in counseling.