Culturally Diverse Client Populations



Culturally Diverse Client Populations

Introduction

There is growing awareness about the importance of cultural diversity and ethnicity of client population in counseling techniques. According to the American Psychological Association, this provides increased motivation for the psychologists to improve the quality of services (www.apa.org). Healthcare system is mainly affected with the political, social, cultural values and beliefs, which have major impact on the services and quality. This emphasizes the importance of socio-cultural diversity and ethnicity for improving the quality of health care and social services provides to them (www.apa.org). The APA's Board of Ethnic Minority Affairs (BEMA) established a Task ...