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Why is it important to use a multicultrual perspective in all phases of counseling, including assessment, diagnosis, and treatment?

Explain how having a multicultural perspective helps the counselor or therapist as well as the client?

Min. of one scholarly resource to support your answer. Cite with an APA format

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The expert examines the issues in assessment and diagnosis for multicultural perspectives.

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It is important to utilize a multicultural perspective in the assessment phase of counseling so that the mental health practitioner or counselor will be open to the cultural influence on their patients thinking patterns and behaviors, in order to ensure that they are assessing these behaviors in an accurate and unbiased manner. ...

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