Cultural Scenario for Perspective
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Maria is the daughter of Mexican immigrant parents. Her firm religious beliefs greatly influences her decision to stay in her marriage in spite of her husband's infidelity. Other group members press her to leave her husband by pointing out that she is financially independent and implying that her religious beliefs are "old fashioned."
What would an ethical group counselor need to consider when working with the selected client in a group setting. The client selected is the only group member representing that cultural subgroup.
How can the counselor help provide a new perspective to Maria?
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Cultural scenarios for perspectives are examined in the solution. How counselors can help provide a new perspective to Maria is determined.
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(1) What would an ethical group counselor need to consider when working with the selected client in a group setting. The client selected is the only group member representing that cultural subgroup.
Cayleff (1986) states that clients are products of their own cultural milieu including sex, race, ethnicity; social class and sexual orientation determine when and how they seek help their compliance with recommendations, the therapeutic outcome. He asserts that when counseling ethnic minorities they must be cognizant of certain belief systems. This entails their understanding of folk belief systems, food, herbs, health and medication. Many groups including Mexican Americans are focused on therapeutic interests that are compatible with nature. As an example, as Cayleff notes, the belief is held in Mexican culture concerning folk disease among Mexican Americans that is linked to religious healing rituals. Research shows that discrimination can occur within the interaction of small diverse groups (Brown & Mistry as cited in Abdel-Monem, 2001). Further, as Abdel-Monem points out, stereotypes have been found to exist among diverse groups based on assumptions ...
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