Dr Lois, a White Female Counselor, Is Greeting a New

Dr. Lois, a White female counselor, is greeting a new patient in her office. Her patient, Ms. Clark, a middle-aged African American female, described that she was coming to counseling because she was struggling with being a single parent to her three children. Unlike her other clients, Dr. Lois did not ask when or how she became a single parent, but rather began counseling her in a solution-focused way. When she learned that Ms. Clark's husband, and father to the three children, was killed in a car accident on his way home from work, Dr. Lois reconsidered her treatment plan. Dr. Lois' lack of assessment, which led to a less effective treatment approach for Ms. Clark, is an example of ______.

A) explicit bias
B) implicit bias
C) monoculturalism
D) lack of cultural awareness