Barriers to Multicultural Counseling and Therapy: what are some possible cultural factors that might be influencing the reactions of the Martinezes?

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Barriers to Multicultural Counseling and Therapy

  1. Name three major barriers to effective multicultural counseling and describe some effective counseling methods to overcome these barriers.
    “-Read the case study about the Martinez Family on page 216.
  2. What are some possible cultural factors that might be influencing the reactions of the Martinezes?
  3. How might socioeconomic factors be affecting the father’s response to a request for a meeting?
  4. What role might being an undocumented immigrant play in Mr. Martinez’s reluctance to use school or public services?

Read chapters 4, 5, and 6 of What Color is Your God? and answer the following questions

  1. Why do you think that God allowed racial, ethnic, national, and linguistic diversity? 21 Aside from location, why do you think that most churches in the United States are racially/ethnically homogeneous? 311t is human nature to be uncomfortable around the unfamiliar and human nature is a part of our sin nature that we are all born into. Are some of the prejudices that people have towards other ethnic groups just a part of our human psychology, is it learned, or is it both?

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