Deck 10: Middle Eastern Americans in Counseling

Question 1

Non-Arabic speaking countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey are also considered to be part of the Middle East

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Folkloric practices among Middle Eastern Americans include a wide range of specific practices but mostly are rooted in the belief that the cause of illness or lack of wellbeing is associated with the spirit world.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Counselors who use a ______ in their work with Middle Eastern American clients need to understand how current societal structures systematically give privilege and disadvantage to groups based on such factors like resources.

A) Cognitive behavioral framework
B) Eurocentric approach
C) Social justice framework
D) All of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

An indigenous source of support has been the informal _____, which has served as a healing tool, a source of empowerment, as psychotherapy, and is a Middle Eastern version of a support group.

A) Doreh or women's circles
B) Family gathering
C) Tradition of putting salt outside the door

Question 5

Mental health providers who strive to be social justice advocates would want to be aware of how their gender and religious background impact the dynamics of their helping relationship with Middle Eastern American clients, but not necessarily how their race, class or ethnicity impact the relationship.

Question 6

A common source of support for Middle Eastern Americans who feel that they need guidance consists of:

A) Consulting with any other Middle Eastern American
B) Consulting with an elder in the family along gender lines
C) Going to someone majnun in Arabic or deevaneh in Farsi

Question 7

The fact that Middle Eastern Americans as a group are largely invisible in the fabric of American society leads to lack of funding for culturally specific resources including accessible materials promoting mental health in Arabic or Farsi.

Question 8

How do many Middle Eastern Americans view their participation in counseling?

A) Are mostly open
B) Welcome the opportunity
C) Impacted by the stigma
D) Guardedly positive

Question 9

The term, "______," refers to unfounded hostility and biases towards people and institutions perceived to be Muslim.

A) Islamophobia
B) Arabians
C) Hijab
D) racism

Question 10

Middle Eastern Americans came to the United States in three waves spanning the past _____ years.

A) 200
B) 500
C) 125

Question 11

A(n) _____ approach to counseling can build upon identified cultural strengths such as that of reframing the acculturation struggle as an opportunity to navigate and choose values from both their ethnic culture and U.S. mainstream culture.

A) Asset-based
B) Behaviorist
C) Qualitative

Question 12

Middle Eastern cultures are _________, meaning that group membership is a central aspect of identity.

A) Individualistic
B) Collectivistic
C) Materialistic

Question 13

Some people would argue that the term, Middle Eastern, is _____ because it refers to an area from the perspective of someone outside of that region with disregard for how the interaction of ethnicities, languages, and cultures takes place within the region.

A) Afrocentric
B) Eurocentric
C) Arabcentric

Question 14

Mental health providers who are becoming more proficient in cross cultural knowledge about Middle Eastern Americans can often successfully integrate indigenous treatment methods into the counseling process.

Question 15

Experiences with discrimination may not be presented directly in counseling by a Middle Eastern client; therefore, it is best that mental health counselors completely avoid this topic.