Social and Cultural Diversity Flashcards

A counselor who believes 'I treat all my clients the same regardless of race' is most likely demonstrating:

Answer: Color-blind racial ideology

Color-blind racial ideology denies the salience of race and can invalidate clients' racial experiences and systemic inequities they face.

Which of the following best describes the concept of 'intersectionality' as applied in counseling?

Answer: The convergence of multiple social identities that create unique experiences of privilege and oppression

Intersectionality, coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, recognizes that overlapping identities (e.g., race, gender, class) produce compounded and distinct experiences of marginalization.

A Native American client describes a healing ceremony as central to their recovery from trauma. The most appropriate counselor response is to:

Answer: Explore how the ceremony can be integrated alongside counseling support

Culturally competent counselors recognize indigenous healing practices as legitimate and seek to integrate them collaboratively with clinical approaches.

The White Racial Identity Development model by Helm proposes that White counselors must work through which experience to achieve effective multicultural competence?

Answer: Abandoning a racist identity and developing a nonracist White identity

Helms's model describes a progression from unawareness of racism, through acknowledgment of White privilege, to developing a positive, nonracist White identity.

An LGBTQ+ client in a rural area reports isolation and lack of community resources. The counselor's first priority should be to:

Answer: Assess safety, support systems, and connect the client to virtual LGBTQ+ communities

Assessing safety and available supports, including online communities, addresses both immediate needs and the structural barriers of rural isolation.

Which term describes the process by which minority group members may internalize negative societal messages about their group?

Answer: Internalized oppression

Internalized oppression occurs when members of a marginalized group adopt the dominant culture's negative beliefs about their own group.

A counselor working with refugees should be particularly attentive to which layered trauma framework?

Answer: Pre-migration, migration, and post-migration stressors as compounding trauma layers

Refugee trauma is best understood through a tripartite lens of pre-migration persecution, migration journey dangers, and post-migration resettlement stressors.