KONSELING_INDIGENOUS_REKONSTRUKSI_KONSEL.pdf

This article aims to give a new perspective of counseling in the midst of cultural diversity, particularly in Indonesia. Multicultural counseling at this time is not only understood as a cultural entity encounters (counselor and client), but more than that, currently counseling has begun to be developed and designed (indigenization) based on human studies in which they were born and/or staying. Indigenous counseling movement growing so rapidly, along with practitioners and expert counseling awareness related to existence of barriers to applied counseling theories derived from Western Countries paradigm toward clients fromnon-Western countries. Associated with it, counselor must appears contextually required in applying appropriate counseling with historical background, view of life, values, culture, religion, beliefs, and social-economic of client. As a nation that has a diversity of tribes and cultures, Indonesia is a heaven for study counseling especially for native peoples. It is necessary to provide contribution towards theoretical framework and practices needs incultural diversity.