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Counselor / Addiction

Culturally Sensitive Treatments and Cultural Competence

2.00 - CE credit hours training

$12.50 - Cost of course

This page contains important information about the course, including training details, a comprehensive course description, learning objectives, and source references. We encourage you to review each section to gain a clear understanding of the course content, educational goals, and supporting materials before beginning your training and taking the POST TEST below.

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

Culturally Sensitive Treatments and Cultural Competence

Follow the link below, read the material and then take the 12 question post test

Read the Course Material:
Culturally Sensitive Treatments and Cultural Competence

12 Questions

1. From "Culturally Sensitive Treatment-Introduction": The author cites a limitation of LaRoche and Christopher's description of the CST perspective. The limitation is:
2. From "Perspective 1": What strength(s) does the author cite regarding Perspective 1?
3. From "Perspective 2": The author cites which of the following limitations of Perspective 2?
4. From "Perspective 3": You are beginning therapy with a middle-aged Hispanic woman, and you want to approach the therapy from Perspective 3. In the author's view, a limitation of Perspective 3 is that it does not provide guidance for working with this client if she prefers standard therapeutic approaches.
5. From "Where should we go from here?": In previous articles, various reasons have cited for why the inclusion of culture has not been more readily embraced by advocates of ESTs. The novel reason proposed by the author is:
6. From "Where should we go from here?": The author expresses a specific consequence that he fears will arise if there is not an honest appraisal of the relative weaknesses of the various approaches to culturally effective treatment. That consequence is:
7. From "Conceptual Similarities between Cultural Competence and Master Therapists": Studies have found general and multicultural psychotherapy competence to be __________________.
8. From "Conceptual Similarities between Cultural Competence and Master Therapists": The author compares Sue's (2001a) concept of cultural competence and Skovholt and Jennings (2004) concept of master therapist. Which of the following does he NOT cite as a similarity?
9. From "Cultural Competence for Culturally Diverse Communities": Sue asserts that scientific mindedness, the ability to "dynamic-size", and culture-specific expertise:
10. From "Cultural Competence for Ethical Practice": The author asserts that in every definition of ethical practice by professional mental health associations, culturally competent practice equals ethical practice.
11. From "Mental Health Counseling Research": In their evaluation of different types of research validity, Quintana, Troyano, and Taylor (2001) suggest that cultural validity is the same as external validity.
12. From "Mental Health Counseling Research": The author suggests that ____________________ research approaches are well-suited for culture-centered studies.
Cultural competence in psychotherapy is much discussed. Over time, three main perspectives have developed regarding what constitutes culturally sensitive treatment. In part one of this course the strengths and weaknesses of these perspectives are evaluated in order to move toward an organizing framework in the field.

Part two of the course focuses on cultural competence and clinician expertise, as concepts that have been investigated independently. The author however highlights the interrelatedness of the two concepts and argues for the importance of and rationale for combining two knowledge bases.
  • Identify three main perspectives of what constitutes culturally sensitive treatment.
  • Describe strengths and weaknesses of the three main perspectives.
  • Describe the potential interrelatedness of the concepts of cultural competence and master therapist expertise.
Click Here Article 1: Culturally Sensitive Treatments: Need for an Organizing Framework Culture and Psychology (2008); Esteban V. Cardemil
Article 2: Cultural Competence and Master Therapists: An Inextricable Relationship; Journal of Mental Health Counseling (2005); Michael J. Groh"