Blurb: Working with bilingual & multilingual clients can be challenging at times, which is why we created our cards to help counselors connect with their clients more effectively. These cards are designed to spark conversions, explore, and address challenges related to language and identity. This is whether they are bilingual/multilingual or even students who face communication and identity issues that may arise in counseling for bilingual or multilingual individuals. How does it work? Good question, so the first five cards are meant to be independently worked on by the client, then the last five are supposed to be asked by the counselor to the client to help explore how the client is feeling about their identity with being multilingual & bilingual. The second half of the cards is called imagining a scenario, and what will be done during this portion of the cards is that the counselor will be asking the questions on the cards, but this time the client will have to think of a scenario similar to the situation the card is referring to or if they have had a similar experience then they can share it. Overall the second part of the cards will take on a more abstract approach. 

Me and Semira were inspired to deepen our knowledge on the effects that language can have --both good and bad-- and the challenges that come with having a client that is multilingual. We also understand that not every counselor may know what types of questions to ask and we as two people that are bilingual made cards that will ask questions multilingual client would appreciate being asked.  

Citation: 

Seto, A., & Forth, N. L. A. (2020). What is known about bilingual counseling? A

          Systematic review of the literature. The Professional Counselor, 10(3), 393–405.

          https://doi-org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/10.15241/as.10.3.393

By Semira Abraham and Epharata Mohamed