Broaching Flashcards

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What is a key aspect of all counseling?

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All counseling is cross-cultural.

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What must counselors actively do in cross-cultural counseling?

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Counselors must actively reach out to understand clients’ diverse cultural backgrounds.

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How do counselors' own cultural identities impact counseling?

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Counselors' own cultural identities influence the counseling relationship.

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What does research reveal about counselors’ broaching practices?

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Many counselors avoid broaching due to fear, discomfort, or limited training (Newton & Steele, 2025); 53% of racial and ethnic minority clients report feeling micro-aggressed or culturally neglected by counselors (Owen et al., 2014).

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Define cultural broaching in counseling.

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Cultural broaching is a counselor’s deliberate and intentional effort to discuss clients’ racial, ethnic, and cultural (REC) identities and explore how these identities impact presenting concerns and the therapeutic relationship.

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List the five broaching styles in the REC framework.

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Avoidant (ignoring)
2) Isolating (addressing minimally)
3) Continuing/Incongruent (mechanical)
4) Integrated/Congruent (effective connection)
5) Infusing (effective connection while also maintaining social justice focus)

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What are a important benefit of effective cultural broaching?

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• Fosters pride, affirmation, and deeper honor of cultural identities

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Name the four key domains in the Multidimensional Model of Broaching Behavior (MMBB)

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1) Intra-counseling: cultural similarities/differences in the therapeutic relationship
2) Intra-individual: recognition of multiple dimensions of clients’ identities
3) Intra–REC: awareness and exploration of group concerns
4) Inter–REC: recognizing encounters with racism and oppression causing client distress

 

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According to the Broaching Readiness Framework (Newton & Steele, 2025), what is broaching competence?

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Broaching competence involves developing culturally informed knowledge - co-constructed with clients - about marginalized identities, power, privilege, and oppression, and applying that knowledge to conceptualize clients’ presenting concerns and strengthen therapeutic relationship dynamics.

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What is at the center of the Broaching Readiness Framework (Newton & Steele, 2025), and what four main competences should counselors intentionally develop?

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At the center of the Broaching Readiness Framework is cultural humility, which supports four key competences counselors should intentionally develop:

Self-awareness

Cognitive reframing

Discomfort tolerance

Ongoing education