The Standards for Cultural Competence
issued by the National Association of Social Workers, USA, which charges social workers with the ethical responsibility to be culturally competent and encourages the advancement of practice models that have relevance for the range of needs and services represented by diverse client populations. Detailed guidelines on dealing with diversified populations are given.

諮商男同性戀、女同性戀、雙性戀以及跨性別個案的適任條件
由同性戀及雙性戀諮商議題協會制定，以指引輔導員檢視及發展本身對少數性傾向及性別身份認同的價值觀，使他們更廣泛地意識到心界對性取向少數族群的認知，進而發展出有效及適切的干預策略。