I believe that major counseling theories are culture-bound. Many theories that were found back in the 1900’s focused on culture. When a counselor meets with the client for the first time and gets the culture background the counselor will have a better understanding of what theory to use for the client. The counselor will choose a theory that will help the client and know some information about the client’s culture background. There are many theories out there that can fit with the different culture backgrounds. According to our book “cognitive understanding about their own cultural heritage, the values they hold about human behavior, their standards for judging normality and abnormality, and the culture-bound goals toward which they strive”.
