Cultural Perspectives
This perspective looks for similarities across all human groups and emphasizes general principles of behavior.
What is a universal (etic) perspective?
What is the term for when individuals adopt negative beliefs about their own marginalized group?
What is internalized oppression?
Effective multicultural counseling begins with awareness of what within the counselor?
What are personal biases and assumptions?
This refers to unearned advantages given to members of dominant groups.
What is privilege?
In collectivist cultures, decisions are often guided by this influence.
What is family or community input?
This approach prioritizes understanding a client within their own cultural norms and lived experience.
What is a culture-specific (emic) perspective?
This term refers to stress experienced when adapting to a new cultural environment.
What is acculturative stress?
The intentional and ongoing practice of addressing cultural, racial, and social factors, as well as differences between client and therapist to strengthen the therapeutic alliance is called?
What is broaching?
Counseling that addresses systemic inequities and oppression is called ____ counseling
What is social justice counseling?
A client’s mistrust of institutions due to past group harm reflects this concept.
What is intergenerational or historical trauma?
When a counselor assumes all members of a cultural group think alike, they are ignoring this important concept.
What is within-group variation?
Trauma passed down through generations is called this.
What is historical trauma
Adjusting a theoretical approach while staying grounded in a framework is known as this.
What is theoretical adaptation?
Jordan, a high school student with learning disabilities, is struggling to get the accommodations he needs for his classes. His counselor meets with him and the school administration to ensure he receives extra time on tests and access to tutoring.
What type/level of advocacy is this?
What is individual/client advocacy? (microlevel)
Can a counselor ever be fully Culturally competent, why or why not? (State a couple of sentences).
Life long journey!
What is the term for the process of adapting to and incorporating aspects of a new culture while retaining some elements of one’s original culture? (Salad bowl)
What is Acculturation?
Rashida, a recent immigrant, is struggling to find a job in her new city despite having strong qualifications. She says, “I’ve applied to dozens of positions, but companies seem to favor people who have local experience. There’s nothing I can do to change that.”
Based on Sue’s dimensions of locus of control, What is Rashida demonstrating?
What is an external locus of control?
Considering values, gender roles, and systemic influences during assessment is called _____ assessment
What is culturally responsive assessment?
Counselor self-awareness, client worldview, counseling relationship and counseling & advocacy interventions are the 4 domains of what model/framework?
What are the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies?
What is a common reason some groups avoid counseling?
Stigma and mistrust
This concept explains how overlapping identities (race, gender, class) shape unique experiences of privilege and oppression.
What is intersectionality?
Emma, a woman in a leadership training program, shares an idea during a brainstorming session. Her male colleague responds, “That’s actually a really good point…for a woman.” Emma feels offended but unsure how to address it.
What is the term for the comment Emma received?
What are microaggressions?
Tina, a counselor, always assumes that her clients should adopt mainstream American values and ways of coping, regardless of their cultural background. When a new client, Mei, a recent immigrant from China, talks about using traditional family practices to handle stress, Tina responds, “You should try more modern techniques; that’s what really works here.”
What concept is Tina demonstrating when she is ignoring or dismissing the clients worldview?
What is cultural encapsulation?
What may be barriers to engaging in advocacy for counselors?
Fear of burnout, lack of training, and personal risk, lack of resources, lack of time
Higher dropout rates among minority clients are best addressed by strengthening this early in therapy?
What is the therapeutic alliance?