“…I n recent years, multicultural competence increasingly has been recognized as an essential component of ethical counseling practice. The assertion has appeared repeatedly in the literature that it is unethical for counselors to provide clinical services to clients who are culturally different from themselves if the counselors are not competent to work effectively with these clients (e.g., Corey, Corey, & Callanan, 2003;Herlihy & Watson, 2003;Lee, 2002;Pedersen, Draguns, Lonner, & Trimble, 2002;Remley & Herlihy, 2005;Vontress, 2002). Historically, however, counselors have been slow to recognize a connection between multicultural competence and ethical behavior.…”