Deck 10: Nonwestern Indigenous Methods of Healing: Implications for Multicultural Counseling and Therapy Mct

Question 1

A shaman is a male healer who is able to communicate with the spirit world.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The author asserts that it is important to understand indigenous healing practices in order to

A) anticipate potential conflicts in belief systems that might hinder the ability to be therapeutically effective
B) begin to use them to replace current methods that deal with racial minorities
C) fully understand the worldview of culturally different clients
D) All of the choices are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The encompasses the centuries of recognition of healers within communities and refers to people known as witches, witch doctors, wizards, sorcerers, magic men or women, and medicine men or women.

Answer 3

Universal shamanic tradition.

Question 4

What was your first impression when reading about Vang's experience with the spirit world and the shaman practice employed.

Question 5

The indigenous African approach teaches that human beings should be oriented toward individual survival.

Question 6

What is true regarding the case of Vang?

A) His distressing symptoms involved severe headaches and hearing voices.
B) The shaman attributed the symptoms to spirits.
C) Treatment was only temporarily successful.
D) Before coming to the United States, his past life was relatively peaceful.

Question 7

Which of the following are examples of cultural syndromes?

A) amok
B) ataque de nervios
C) brain fag
D) koro
E) ghost sickness

Question 8

Asian psychologies focus on enlightenment and ideal mental health rather than psychopathology.

Question 9

Why is it important for mental health professionals to become familiar with the cultural background of their clients?

Question 10

Which of the following culture-bound syndromes are attributed to "an excess loss of semen"?

A) amok
B) koro
C) susto
D) shenkui

Question 11

In Asian psychology, the shamanic drumming circle is the most widely used form of therapy to reach enlightenment and liberation.

Question 12

______________ ________________ is used by some American Indians as a religious renewal or rite of passage.

Question 13

The term Thùôc Nam spoken by Mrs. Nguyen to the counselor signified

A) traditional medicine
B) child abuse
C) discipline
D) medicine man

Question 14

_______________________ is described by the authors as the life force that resides within individuals that makes them inherently worthy and connects them to other living creatures.

Question 15

Which of the following refers to the Native Hawaiian termination ritual in which food is offered to the gods and the participants?

A) Pule weke
B) Oia'i'o
C) Mahiki
D) Pani

Question 16

Why does Western science remain skeptical of using supernatural explanations to explain phenomena experienced by non-Westerners?

Question 17

Espiritismo refers to

A) an Indian belief
B) the enlightenment of personal spirit
C) the destruction of the physical world
D) a world where spirits reside and impact people in the physical world

Question 18

Counselors' acceptance of potential benefits of spirituality as a means of coping with hopelessness, powerlessness, and identity issues is

A) increasing
B) decreasing
C) staying the same
D) not known

Question 19

Vang Xiong suffered from which of the following illnesses/disorders?

A) Dissociative disorder
B) Sleep terror disorder
C) Hmong sudden death syndrome
D) Catatonic disorder
E) None of the choices is correct.

Question 20

Which of the following is an approach often used in indigenous healing methods in Korea?

A) reliance on communal, group, and family networks to shelter the disturbed individual
B) reliance on communal, group, and family networks to problem solve in a group context
C) reliance on communal, group, and family networks to improve the life of only one family member
D) reliance on communal, group, and family networks to reconnect an individual with family or significant others
E) None of the choices is correct.

Question 21

Studies suggest that which two pathologies are most frequently found with refugees from Southeast Asia?

A) Schizophrenia and dependent personality disorder
B) PTSD and borderline personality disorder
C) PTSD and major affective disorders
D) Schizophrenia and PTSD

Question 22

Which of the following is true regarding Western forms of healing?

A) Reality consists of distinct and separate units or objects.
B) Reality consists of what can be observed and measured via the five senses.
C) Space and time are fixed and are absolute constructs of reality.
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 23

Describe indigenous healing.

Question 24

Most non-Western indigenous forms of healing take a holistic outlook on well-being.

Question 25

Because of the importance of spirituality in many cultures, religious beliefs systems are considered harmless.

Question 26

In the case study presented in this chapter, do you consider the practice of Thùôc Nam a form of child abuse? How would you have handled this case if this child presented to you in a counseling session with fresh bruises?