To start, this book, Experiential Approach for Developing Multicultural Counseling Competence, was published in 2012, so there are probably things that need to be updated that I, as a student, am unaware of. What I do think that the book could improve on, the book lacks in-depth case studies, I think it goes a bit too much into self-exploration. The book also focuses primarily on culture relevant to the West, and I also found the book to be lacking in trauma and its connection to culture. Still, this is very much a book with the intent to teach its reader about multicultural counseling and how to use its contents in practice, and that comes through. Such as the book teaches the reader about multicultural counseling mainly by giving the reader activities, intervention strategy exercises, and discussion questions. These provide the reader with ways to simulate what the book teaches and for the reader the opportunity to reflect on themself. The activities, intervention strategy exercises, and discussion questions the book provides encourage simulation and self-reflection. They also help the reader to broaden their understanding and knowledge by providing outside reading material recommendations that are relevant to the corresponding topic of the activities. This allows for this book to help the reader find more ways to broaden their understanding of different cultures and help the reader prepare even more for future counseling situations. Though I do think that since ten years have passed since this book's release, there are newer materials that are helpful that the book can't of course recommend, I still think that the recommendations can help the reader find good material and even give the reader a way to look for newer material. For example, a recommended reading in the book is from a journal, which tells the reader that journals can be a good source for learning about multicultural counseling. The book also provides scenarios for the reader to think about how they would act/respond if they were in such a scenario. This helps prepare the reader for such a scenario by using the scenario prompt to help them prepare themselves by thinking ahead like this and providing related materials the reader can review. It is also used to help the reader reflect on themselves and how they would handle these scenarios, which can help the reader decide how they want to handle such a situation, allowing them to work toward being able to achieve that. Another thing about this book is that it was written and designed for students, both new and “advanced” students, as the book calls them, so it is a good way to remember the basics and review multicultural counseling. Since it is made for students, it also acts as a good entry point for any counselors who have not already started to learn about multicultural counseling. I would say overall this book works best as a tool to help prepare oneself for different multicultural-based situations that the reader might encounter as a counselor, as well as act as a resource later down the road when encountering those situations. The book is, as intended, a learning tool. A reason that I think that the experiential learning approach that this book takes works is because of the research article Developing multicultural counseling competencies through experiential learning, by Arthur and Achenbach. This article goes over experiential learning and explains why it is an effective method for teaching multicultural counseling. For example, the article explains that experiential learning is effective because it encourages students to reflect on themselves and gain more self-awareness. Which matches with what the book does by encouraging the reader to reflect on themself via questions and activities. The book often asks the reader in the activity sections questions like “Feelings I am aware of include” or “Questions I have include” which help the reader to become more self-aware by reflecting on their feelings and what they don't know. The research article also describes knowledge, skills, and awareness as primary domains of multicultural counseling competence. I think that book does a good job in conveying skills and awareness to the reader, but as I have previously mentioned, the book does lack knowledge in certain areas, so I think it doesn't quite match the article's expectations for experiential learning in that regard. In the end, I think that this article does support what is good about the book and shows the areas of improvement. However, I do think that the way the book encourages the reader to seek other readings could help the reader themself fill the knowledge gap a bit. In conclusion, I do think that the book is an effective tool for experiential learning.