about what constitutes multicultural competence, and instead clinicians are given directives that may be coming from a specific and sometimes divergent perspective, creating value conflict. One example of this is the trend toward competency scale development. Existing attempts to measure competence appear to preclude students or clinicians who hold conventionally religious beliefs or values about sexuality and sexual behavior (Yarhouse, 2008). Specifically, The Sexual Orientation Counselor Competency
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