The mental health professions need to reconceptualize multicultural counseling competence and innovate their models in order to provide better guidance to their professionals. To this end, we first redefine multicultural counseling competence with the goal of overcoming its pervasive definitional problems. We then propose the process model of multicultural counseling competence, which aims to rectify the limitations of the existing models. Our model integrates strengths of the three major models—skills-based, adaptation, and process-oriented—while also adding new components. Seven foundational principles undergird our complex and dynamic model. The model consists of three distinct phases: preparation, intake and in-sessions, and termination. In addition, the model consists of five clinical operations. The superordinate operation is deep-structure incorporation of culture. Subordinating to and rotating around this superordinate operation are: infusing preparation, developing a therapeutic alliance, adapting interventions, and evaluating process and outcome. Although these clinical operations interact dynamically at multiple levels within the model, the ultimate purpose is still the attainment of positive therapeutic outcomes.

精神卫生专业人士需要重新概念化多元文化咨询能力，并创新其模式，以便为专业人员提供更好的指导。为此，我们首先重新定义多元文化咨询的能力，以克服其普遍存在的定义问题。然后，我们提出了多元文化咨询能力的过程模型，旨在纠正现有模型的局限性。我们的模型整合了三种主要模型（基于技能，适应和面向过程）的优势，同时还添加了新的组件。七个基本原则是我们复杂而动态的模型的基础。该模型由三个不同的阶段组成：准备，摄入和使用期间以及终止。此外，该模型包括五个临床操作。上级操作是文化的深层结构整合。服从并绕过此上级操作的是：注入准备，建立治疗联盟，调整干预措施以及评估过程和结果。尽管这些临床操作在模型中的多个级别上动态交互，但最终目的仍然是获得积极的治疗结果。