Using the Cultural Formulation Interview With Afro Latinx Immigrants in Counseling: A Practical Application

Afro Latinx immigrants are an underserved population in the United States and within counseling specifically.The counseling profession has been slow to address the unique needs of this population despite the increased visibility of this group in recent years.Consistent with the codes of ethics from the American Counseling Association and the National Board for Certified Counselors and the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC), counselors must continue to expand their repertoire and use empirically supported tools to address these mandates and increase cultural responsiveness in clinical practice.Despite its alignment with the MSJCC, the counseling literature demonstrates that the Cultural Formulation Interview is an underutilized, empirically supported tool.The authors describe how counselors may use the Cultural Formulation Interview in their clinical practice with Afro Latinx immigrants while operating from a multicultural and social justice-oriented framework.