How Should a Culturally Competent Counselor Approach the Processes of Assessment and Diagnosis when Dealing with Clients from Minority Client Populations?

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8-1 How should a culturally competent counselor approaches the process of assessment and diagnosis when dealing with clients from minority client populations? Support your answer with at least one scholarly reference.
A culturally competent counselor is often aware of the cultural assumptions of clients which assist in making decisions. Such counselor understands the culturally relevant information and facts regarding his or her client’s culture (Oakes, 2011). A counselor should provide the client with skillful intervention in a form of counseling. The counselor should services to the client based on the American Psychological Association’s (APA) guiding principles. When dealing with minority client populations, the counselor should ensure that the assessment and diagnostic procedures are carried out with justice and fairness. In this regard, the ACA code of ethics requires psychologists to recognize that justice and fairness entitle all individuals to benefit from and access to psychology’s contributions as well as equal quality in all the services, procedures, and processes performed by counselors (Sue, Zane, Hall & Berger, 2009). The counselor should approach the process, assessing and diagnosing all clients without any form of dis...