• Identify strengths in the clientís cultural orientation, which can be built upon. Assist the client in identifying areas that create social or psychological conflict related to bi-culturalism and seek to reduce dissonance in those areas.
  
  
• Know you own attitudes about cultural pluralism, and whether you tend to promote assimilation into the dominant society values or stress the importance of traditional cultural beliefs and practices.

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