Social And Cultural Counseling

Cultural Self-Awareness & Case # 1

Activity # 1 is composed of two parts:

1) Cultural Self-awareness. Please complete the survey Attached!

Complete the self-awareness survey – add up your scores and assess where you are in the spectrum of worldviews depending on whether you scored higher on the right side, on the left side, or if your scores are in the middle. If you scored on the left side, your worldviews are more consistent with those of the macro-culture, American, Caucasian population. If you scored higher on the right side, your worldviews are more consistent with those of cultures other than White, Caucasian populations. If you scored in the middle, you are either undecided (not about your scores but you share worldviews from both sides) or are in the process of moving from one side to the other.

Please discuss your scores and how you believe this survey describes your cultural make-up.

2) Case # 1  (see 2 attachments)

Make sure you provide in-text citations (e.g., Corey, 2017, p. 248) first citing the required readings, and then additional readings if you would like to add material from other sources. This is not necessary, but it is necessary to cite often in your assignments. Then add the references at the end of the assignment – all in APA style of writing. 

PLEASE SUBMIT ONE FILE WITH ALL THE ASSIGNMENTS TOGETHER.

Make sure you provide in-text citations (e.g., Corey, 2017, p. 248) first citing the required readings, and then additional readings if you would like to add material from other sources. This is not necessary, but it is necessary to cite often in your assignments. Then add the references at the end of the assignment – all in APA style of writing. 

Attachments

· Interpretation of the Cultural Self.docx – BELOW

· Case # 1.docx – BELOW

· Cultural Self-Awareness.pdf – Attachment- SURVEY to be completed

Interpretation of the Cultural Self-Awareness Survey

· Descriptions:

· Left Side: Higher scores as compared with the right side tend to represent mainstream North American culture; examples of characteristics are emphasis on competition and individualism, internal locus of control, and internal locus of responsibility.

· Middle/balanced between both sides/Undecided: representing an integration of two or more cultures, in the process of changing world views, and/or undifferentiated or marginal to one particular culture.

· Right Side: Higher scores as compared to the left side tend to represent a contrasting world view from mainstream North American culture, with an emphasis on cooperation and group orientation; external locus of control and external locus of responsibility.

· After viewing your scores, how do you describe your world view? What do you believe about the human experience? Did you discover anything about yourself that you did not know (or knew but it became more clear now?)

Case # 1

· Julia is a 35-year old single mother of two teenage boys who came to see a therapist for anxiety related to her new job. She explained to the therapist that she had worked part time and attended school for over 10 years to reach her dream of becoming an occupational therapist (OT). After obtaining her degree, she was hired by a hospital with a large OT staff, and within 3 years she was promoted to department head. But since her promotion, the staff had become increasingly critical of her, and her supervisor had made several pejorative remarks about her qualifications. Julia was feeling a great deal of anxiety about their opinions of her, and although she knew she was well qualified, she was doubting her ability to do her job. She asked the counselor to help her find a way to decrease her anxiety and “not care so much what other people say or think about me.”

· Questions:

· 1) What are the cognitive, behavioral, affective, and environmental components of Julia’s complaint?

· 2) What do you think are the sources of Julia’s anxiety?

· 3) What would you do if you were Julia’s counselor? Which counseling techniques would you use?

· 4) What type of information would you need to conceptualize Julia’s case?