Deck 13: Working With African American Clients: an Interview With Veronique Thompson

Question 1

Discuss the history of naming and self-identification of African American people.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Describe the unique characteristics of the post-enslavement period of African American history. What were some of the positive outcomes of this period?

Answer 2

Not answered

Question 3

What factors keep African Americans from seeing mental health services? From what other outlets do they seek help?

Answer 3

Not answered

Question 4

Which of the following techniques should be used to ensure African American clients do not perceive an "interrogation" during the therapy session?

A) Ask all questions up front in order to move forward with a collaborative conversation more quickly
B) Provide an option for a written assessment questionnaire
C) Have the client tell you their story before asking questions
D) Bring family into the session for support in answering questions

Question 5

What are the adaptive mechanisms African American communities have used to maintain family structures despite hardships? Select one of these mechanisms and discuss in detail how it has helped the African American family survive.

Question 6

Being direct with African American clients is well received because

A) African Americans prefer providers to play an authoritarian role.
B) being blunt is an important part of African Americans' oral tradition.
C) being too "nice" is perceived as inauthentic.
D) social interaction is not valued in professional relationships in African American culture.

Question 7

Which period of African American history describes the time during which Africans were taken and transported to slavery in America?

A) The Slave Passage
B) The Middle Passage
C) Pre-enslavement
D) Enslavement

Question 8

What role does White privilege play in the African American perspective and in the helping relationship?

Question 9

Children of addicted parents are particularly affected by which of the following?

A) Addicted parents are incapable of passing on cultural knowledge and identity
B) Children are being raised via intergenerational parenting
C) Addicted parents pass on underlying issue related to racism and race identity
D) Adaptive patterns are not present in families with addicted parents

Question 10

Which of the following are not noted examples of African American emphasis on verbal communication?

A) Capping
B) Rapping
C) Chanting
D) Preaching

Question 11

James Jones discusses residual African characteristics in African American communities as

A) TRIOS: Time, Role Flexibility, Innovation, Oral, Spiritual.
B) TRIOS: Time, Rhythm, Improvisation, Oral, Spiritual.
C) TRAIN: Time, Rhythm, Attitude, Improvisation, Nurturing.
D) TRAIN: Time, Reconciliation, Aptitude, Innovation, Nature.

Question 12

The goal of therapy with African American families should be to

A) assess whether adaptive strategies are overused or distorted.
B) repair unhealthy adaptive systems such as kinship bonds and role flexibility.
C) leverage healthy adaptive systems.
D) all of these

Question 13

African Americans often experience issues of identity and belonging because

A) they are not accepted by dominant culture groups.
B) they lack positive male role models.
C) the group to which they belong experiences high levels of poverty.
D) the group to which they belong is perceived negatively.

Question 14

Strong empathy and religious affiliation in African American culture are major factors in

A) the increase in birthrates.
B) the development of extended generational parenting systems.
C) the resistance of dissolution of relationships.
D) women being perceived as dominant.

Question 15

Post-enslavement is most appropriately associated with

A) retaliation.
B) reparations.
C) forgiveness.
D) distrust.

Question 16

The role of an African American man is particularly difficult because

A) they are afforded some privilege based on being male.
B) African American women are elevated above them.
C) White society fears them.
D) all of these

Question 17

Which of the following is not an example of role flexibility in African American families?

A) Women working outside the home
B) The parental child
C) Father figures from extended family
D) The father as primary male role model

Question 18

Which of the following is not identified as a strength with which African American communities should be built upon?

A) Kinship bonds
B) Religion
C) Empathy
D) Role Flexibility

Question 19

In what is referred to by some as "extreme mundane environmental stress," African Americans often express the effects of modern day racism as

A) resilience.
B) anger.
C) self-doubt.
D) all of these

Question 20

Which of the following is an important trust-related issue that keeps African Americans from seeking professional help?

A) Trust issues are a common symptom of experiencing racisms
B) A history of unethical psychological testing exists
C) Trust is not extended beyond family and church
D) Mistrust about the value of mental health services

Question 21

Describe how kinship bonds and extended family networks can help African Americans.