Deck 3: Multicultural Counseling Competence for Counselors and Therapists of Marginalized Groups

Question 1

According to the authors, minority therapists working with White clients should avoid acknowledging their racial differences because it can cause tension and division.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The client becomes a symbol of the inherent mistrust that exists in majority-minority relationships is a characteristic of which challenge associated with counseling White clients?

A) dealing with expressions of racist attitudes/beliefs/behaviors
B) transferring racial animosity to White clients
C) having the competency of the counselor of color challenged
D) unrealistically viewing the therapist of color as a Super Minority therapist

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Discuss one reason why some scholars and researchers have avoided discussing the types of discrimination that may occur between different groups of color.

Answer 3

(1) Historically,there were smaller numbers of people of color,and because of their small numbers,recognizing and/or publicizing interracial conflict could be a barrier to progress against racism and civil rights.
(2) People of color may have difficulty admitting to their biases or stereotypes about other groups because of their unwillingness to admit to their own prejudices. Some people of color believe they are incapable of discrimination because they themselves have been racially victimized. Additional acceptable answers include: people of color become wary about discussing interethnic conflict out of fear that such problems will be used by those in power to (a) assuage their own guilt feelings and excuse their own racism,(b) divide and conquer "as long as people of color fight among themselves,they can't form alliances to confront the establishment," and (c) divert attention away from the injustices of society by defining problems as residing between minority groups.

Question 4

Only White individuals need to learn cultural competence.

Question 5

Familismo refers to

A) a high value placed on the role of the paternal caregiver
B) focus on the individualism of each family member
C) a high value placed on the family and individual roles
D) a high value placed on family loyalty and unity

Question 6

Provide one challenge situation that can arise when counselors of color work with White clients.

Question 7

The myth of the "model minority" has often played into major misunderstandings between Black and Asian communities.

Question 8

With regard to cultural competence, greater emphasis has been placed on the education of White trainees because

A) There are more mental health professionals of color than White.
B) Most theories and practices in psychology arise from a White, Western perspective.
C) Increasing numbers of minority members are controlling the gateways to the delivery of mental health services to socially devalued client populations.
D) None of the choices is correct.

Question 9

Name one cultural value that can cause a potential conflict between therapist and client.

Question 10

While a Black American therapist may value sitting close to an Asian American client in therapy, this client may feel the close conversing distance to be an intrusion of personal space.

Question 11

Most of the articles in the field of psychology that focus on interracial interactions between Asian, Black, Native, and Latino/a Americans concentrate mainly on

A) interracial romantic relationships
B) historical interracial conflict
C) interracial therapeutic relationships
D) a and b

Question 12

Whites think they are treated far worse than Blacks and worse than other minority groups when it comes to getting equal treatment in applying for mortgages, in the media, and in job promotions.

Question 13

Which culture(s) ' communication styles change depending on the varying levels of authority between two people:

A) African American
B) Native American
C) Latino American
D) White American
E) b and c

Question 14

In a dyad where the counselor and client are both from marginalized groups, overidentification is manifested through ____________.

Question 15

When working with White clients, a counselor of color is likely to operate in a situation of

A) power reversal
B) a power relationship that is congruent
C) oppressor-oppressed
D) overidentification with the client

Question 16

A traditional Native American client may

A) prefer talk therapy
B) be more comfortable with a therapist that emphasizes Western practices
C) value spiritual healing or indigenous practices
D) None of the choices is correct.

Question 17

An African American therapist is working with an Asian American therapist who seems reluctant to discuss her feelings about a recent death in her family. The therapist determines that the client is unfeeling and resistant. This is an example of

A) encountering clashes in cultural values.
B) receiving and expressing racial animosity.
C) dealing with the stage of the racial identity of counselors and clients.
D) None of the choices is correct.

Question 18

Which of the following is characteristic of transferring racial animosity toward White clients?

A) being unable to form a working alliance
B) having difficulty in being empathic
C) falling into the "omnipotent" trap
D) a and b

Question 19

Therapists of color who operate from their own worldview without awareness of different worldviews held by other clients of color may be guilty of

A) culture clash scenarios
B) cultural empowerment
C) cultural oppression
D) cultural hostility

Question 20

The author warns readers contextualize the views when an ethnic minority experiences strong feelings related to racial issues because

A) The person is most likely misdirecting feelings toward White supremacy onto White people.
B) These reactions are likely the result of cumulative years of prejudice and discrimination.
C) a and b
D) People of color are not capable of discrimination and bias.