The section that spoke most to me discussed cultural/racial identity. Cultural aspects should always be taken into consideration when conducting assessments, and even more so if the clinician plans to continue to see their client therapeutically. Moreover, this topic is extremely important to me primarily because of the current social climate in our country as well as the stigma surrounding certain mental health disorders such as depression. It is important to note that depression may look differently in people from different cultural/racial backgrounds. For example, depression might not look differently in a 30-year-old African American male than it does in a 30-year-old European American male. Furthermore, when dissected, culture can provide
