Social and Cultural Diversity Flashcards
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A client from a collectivist culture refuses to make decisions about treatment without consulting family elders. The culturally competent LMHC response is to:
Answer: Incorporate family involvement into the treatment planning process
Culturally competent practice respects collectivist values by adapting treatment structures to include family systems when appropriate.
The concept of 'racial battle fatigue' describes:
Answer: Physical exhaustion from racial discrimination experiences among people of color
Racial battle fatigue refers to the physiological and psychological stress responses experienced by people of color due to repeated exposure to racism and discrimination.
When using a standardized assessment with a client whose primary language is not English, the LMHC should FIRST:
Answer: Consider the assessment's normative sample and cultural validity before use
Counselors must evaluate whether the instrument's norms and validity apply to the client's cultural and linguistic background before administering any assessment.
A White LMHC notices they feel anxious and avoidant when a Black client raises topics about racism in therapy. This reaction most likely reflects:
Answer: The counselor's unexamined White racial identity development
Discomfort discussing race often signals that the counselor is in an early, unexamined stage of White racial identity development that requires reflection and supervision.
Which of the following best illustrates an institutional form of racism?
Answer: A hiring policy that unintentionally disadvantages minority applicants
Institutional racism refers to policies and practices embedded in organizations that produce racially inequitable outcomes, even without explicit racist intent.
A client who is a recent immigrant presents with somatic complaints, social withdrawal, and grief over leaving family. The counselor should consider that these symptoms may represent:
Answer: A culturally normative stress response to immigration and acculturation
Immigration-related losses and acculturation stress commonly present as somatic and emotional symptoms that reflect cultural adaptation challenges rather than psychopathology.
The ADDRESSING framework developed by Pamela Hays is used to:
Answer: Identify multiple cultural influences on a client's worldview and identity
The ADDRESSING framework (Age, Disability, Religion, Ethnicity, Social class, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, National origin, Gender) helps counselors consider the full range of cultural factors shaping a client's identity.