Cross-cultural myths refer to eight myths/attitudes that some clinicians hold that deleteriously affects their work with minority clients. Include: melting pot myth, differing expectations about counseling, not understanding impact of social forces, ethnocentric worldview, ignorance of own racist attitudes and prejudices, not understanding cultural differences in expression of symptomatology, not realizing bias in assessment and research instruments, and being unaware of institutional racism.

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