Multicultural Counseling Exam 2 Questions and Answers

Multicultural Counseling Exam 2 Questions and Answers what challenge is faced by counselors in treating culturally diverse populations - CORRECT ️️ the normal bias What are the 3 major categ of cultural barriers that can lead to an ineffective helping relationship w/ culturally diverse clients - CORRECT ️️ Class-bound, linguistic-bound and culture-bound what are the 8 culture-bound values - CORRECT ️️ focus on the indiv, verbal/emotional/behavioral expressiveness, insight, self-disclosure, scientific empiricism, distinctions b/w mental/physical fx, ambiguity, patterns of communication focus on the individual in therapy vs other cultures - CORRECT ️️ counseling is very indiv based-some cultures view individualism as a negative thing and their identity may be in relation to a group What is verbal/emotional/behavioral expressiveness - CORRECT ️️ therapist who value verbal, emotional, behavioral expressive as goals may be unaware tha they are transmitting their own cultural values onto client. These may not be important to other cultures What is insight? - CORRECT ️️ traditional counseling is trying to develop insight and it is seen as positive, some cultures do not see insight as helpful or positive self-discosure in therapy vs other culture - CORRECT ️️ openness in greately valued in therapy, but innapropriate in non-american cultures. may bring shame to family and may not want to open up because they feel mistrust or oppression