This roundtable discussion will introduce an experiential model that was created between two college/institutions. This model was developed in order to expand the multicultural opportunities for graduate counselor trainees to experience during their counseling skills courses. All students were enrolled in Clinical Interviewing/Advanced Skills courses and were required to complete two counseling sessions via Blackboard Collaborate, a virtual classroom environment. Students completed a brief survey identifying their cultural identity and were then paired by the instructors of the course. The instructors selected the pairs based on the cultural differences that students identified. Students then engaged in 4 counseling sessions (each student was in the role of counselor and client twice). Students wrote a transcript of the counseling session along with a case conceptualization and analysis of their counseling skills to include multicultural competency.
