Elaine, an African American Army veteran, enters your office for PTSD counseling and tells the story of her deployment to Iraq and the trauma that she experienced while serving there. She ends her...

Elaine, an African American Army veteran, enters your office for PTSD counseling and tells the story of her deployment to Iraq and the trauma that she experienced while serving there. She ends her narrative with “You can’t possibly understand what I have gone through.”

1. How would you respond as a professional, genuine, and culturally competent counselor?

2. From an intersectionality perspective, how many cultural identities might you need to consider in working with Elaine?