Author Question: A frequent error of omission by therapists who work with clients from cultural backgrounds different ... (Read 71 times)

robinn137 · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

A frequent error of omission by therapists who work with clients from cultural backgrounds different from their own is:

a. failure to raise the topic of how racial and ethnic differences might affect the therapy relationship and treatment.
b. failure to identify their own race and ethnicity upfront so the client understands where you might be coming from.
c. failure to disclose the specifics of your biases, thus allowing one's unconscious racism to impact the therapy relationship.
d. failure to refer a client from a different cultural background to a racially/ethnically matched therapist.

Question 2

From a multicultural perspective, every therapy relationship might best be conceptualized as:

a. less relevant than the therapeutic processes or strategies to be employed.
b. highly unlikely to be securely established if the therapist is of a different race or ethnicity.
c. a process of trial-and-error joining with the client in a manner that matches the cultural preference of the client.
d. a multicultural therapy relationship.