LCSW Cultural Competency and Diversity 3

Question 1

When an LCSW's personal cultural values conflict with a client's beliefs or practices, the MOST ethical response is:

Accepted Answer

Engage in self-reflection and supervision to prevent personal values from negatively influencing treatment

Answer

Ethical practice requires self-awareness and supervision to ensure personal values do not compromise professional obligations to client welfare.

Question 2

A culturally competent intake assessment for a recently immigrated Asian American client should include evaluation of:

Accepted Answer

Acculturation level, immigration stressors, family system expectations, and cultural explanations of distress

Answer

Comprehensive assessment of immigrant clients includes acculturation, trauma, cultural norms, family dynamics, and culturally specific expressions of distress.

Question 3

The DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) is designed to:

Accepted Answer

Gather information about a client's cultural context, explanatory models, and identity to inform diagnosis and treatment

Answer

The CFI uses a structured interview format to explore the client's cultural perspective on illness, help-seeking, and identity to improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment relevance.

Question 4

An LCSW notices they feel more empathy toward clients from their own cultural background. This is an example of which concept?

Accepted Answer

Countertransference influenced by cultural factors

Answer

Countertransference includes the clinician's emotional reactions to clients, and cultural similarity can trigger unconscious preferences that affect clinical objectivity.

Question 5

The ADDRESSING framework in multicultural practice helps clinicians assess which dimensions of client identity?

Accepted Answer

Age, Disability, Religion, Ethnicity, Social status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, National origin, and Gender

Answer

The ADDRESSING model by Pamela Hays provides a framework for exploring key cultural identity dimensions including Age, Developmental Disabilities, Religion, Ethnicity, Social status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, National origin, and Gender.

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LCSW Cultural Competency and Diversity 3