Chapter Four

Which of the following court cases involved an employee assistance program provider who refused to counsel homosexual clients on the basis of religious beliefs and was eventually terminated by her employer?

Bruff v. North Mississippi Health Services, Inc.

In regards to addressing diversity, the __________ code of ethics states counselors actively work to understand the diverse cultural background of the clients with whom they work.

Canadian Counselling Association's

In the preamble of the _____________, it states rehabilitation counselors are committed to facilitating the personal, social, and economic independence of individuals with disabilities.

Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors

The standards established by the _______________ require that programs provide curricular and experiential offerings in multicultural and pluralistic trends, including characteristics within and among diverse groups nationally and internationally.

Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)

______________ refers to a practitioner's level of awareness, knowledge, and interpersonal skill needed to function effectively in a pluralistic society and to intervene on behalf of clients from diverse backgrounds.

Cultural diversity competence

______________ is a perception of reality based on a very limited set of cultural experiences.

Cultural tunnel vision

____________ influences every facet of our existence, so it is essential that culturally responsive practice be central in all that we do.

Culture

___________ is a three-stage developmental sequence, from multicultural awareness to knowledge and comprehension to skills and applications.

Culture-centered counseling

___________ includes factors such as culture, religion, race, ability, age, gender, sexual orientation, education, and socioeconomic level.

Diversity

___________ refers to individual differences on a number of variables that can potentially put clients at risk for discrimination based on age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, or socioeconomic status.

Diversity

___________ is a sense of identity that stems from common ancestry, history, nationality, religion, and race.

Ethnicity

___________ counseling can be operationally defined as the working alliance between counselor and client that takes the personal dynamics of the counselor and client into consideration alongside the dynamics of the cultures of both of these individuals.

Multicultural

______________ moves beyond cultural awareness and focuses on active support and advocacy, including promoting equality and justice for underserved and oppressed groups of people.

Social justice

Which one of the following reasons for the underutilization of mental health services by minority groups is NOT true?

The medical model of clinical counseling is a good fit for this population and is not utilized enough

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

To date, the APA has not developed a separate set of guidelines for psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients.

Many ________________ have difficulty acknowledging race-related issues because they stir up guilt feelings about their privileged status and threaten their self-image as moral, fair, and decent human beings.

White Americans

Assuming that there is a standard way to work with clients of a certain cultural background is:

a mistake.

Brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities (whether intentional or unintentional) that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of other races is the definition of:

acial microaggressions.

According to the authors, the first step in the process of acquiring multicultural counseling skills in a training program should be that students:

become involved in a self-exploratory journey to help identify their cultural and ethnic blind spots.

It is the authors' position that counselors would not work well with diverse populations if they:

believe that they are free from any racist attitudes, beliefs, and or feelings.

Counselors practice unintentional racism when they:

claim to be free of any traces of racism.

People who say they are ___________ usually are trying to communicate that they do not discriminate and that they treat others equally; however, in doing so, they are ignoring a vital part of that person's identity.

color blind

Whether the client and the counselor come from a similar background or a different one, the process of building rapport and trust are closely linked to:

cultural norms and intercultural experiences.

The word ________, interpreted broadly, is associated with a racial or ethnic group as well as with gender, age, religion or spirituality, economic status, nationality, physical capacity or disability, and affectional or sexual orientation.

culture

The culturally encapsulated counselor is characterized by:

defining reality according to a narrow set of cultural assumptions and failing to evaluate other viewpoints; making little attempt to understand and accept the behavior of others.

The concepts of unintentional racism and microaggressions are related and usually involve:

demeaning implications perpetrated against clients on the basis of their race, gender, sexual orientation, or ability status.

Children with childhood disabilities such as autism and ADHD; children with the cumulative lifestyle factors that lead to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancers; and people with chronic medical, physical, and mental disabilities are part of the:

disability community.

In multicultural counseling, one must balance the importance of ________________ in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.

individualism versus collectivism

Frank is a Native American college student who is seeking information about his career choice from a male counselor. The counselor notices that he uses very little eye contact and needs to recognize that Frank:

is likely to view direct eye contact as a lack of respect.

Denise is a Euro-American social worker who is a former welfare client. A divorcee and mother of four, she succeeded in completing her degree and getting off the system in four years. She is now working in a welfare- to-work program and sets similar goals for her multicultural clients. Denise's attitude and actions indicate that she:

is operating out of the majority value system and presuming that her clients have the same goals.

A set of knowledge and skills that is essential to the culturally skilled practitioner is called:

multicultural competencies.

Statements such as "Minority groups need to take responsibility for their own predicament" and "In order to succeed, people need to stop complaining and start working" do not take into account environmental factors. These are examples of:

stereotypical beliefs.

Cultural differences are:

subjective, complex, and dynamic.

Marie is working with a lesbian client who is in a dysfunctional relationship with another woman. She is seeking counseling to sort out her options regarding leaving her emotionally abusive partner. Marie can assist her client by:

supporting her client's attempt to leave the abusive relationship, work on her abuse issues, and eventually enter into a positive lesbian relationship.

People with chronic medical, physical, and mental disabilities represent:

the largest minority and disadvantaged group in the United States.