Assignment: Creation of Vignette
Create a culturally diverse clinical vignette that incorporates information on societal factors, individual factors, and ethical or professional practice considerations.
Write a four page single space paper, following APA guidelines with representation and attribution of sources (scholarly references).
Tasks:
Write a vignette of a culturally diverse client. You may create a fictitious client. Examine individual (i.e., microsystem) factors that may affect both you and the client during therapy.
o Analyze individual factors (e.g., personal experiences of diversity) that the client may have experienced. The analysis can be related to the client's experience of his or her own multiculturalism or to the client's experiences in relating to the counselor's multiculturalism.
o Evaluate examples of individual factors (e.g., personal experiences of diversity) that you as the counselor may have experienced. These examples can be related to your own multiculturalism or to your experiences in relating to the client's multiculturalism.
• In your discussion, explain specific examples of microaggresion that the client could have experienced.
• Integrate information from professional ethics codes and professional guidelines that would guide your work with this client.
o Identify relevant sections of professional codes of ethics (e.g., American Counseling Association [ACA] or American Psychological Association [APA]) and examine how they will affect your therapy with this client specifically.
o Evaluate information from professional guidelines (e.g., APA Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients; APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Older Adults; APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations; Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development [AMCD] Multicultural Competencies, etc.) and summarize how it would inform your work with this client.
• If you were the clinical supervisor for this case, what would you want to address during supervision? At a minimum, provide a discussion of potential issues to consider in addressing the therapist's (your supervisee's) multicultural awareness as well as in addressing interviewing, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment specific to this client.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.