Hays ADDRESSING Model Template
COMPLETE ALL AREAS OF THIS TABLE FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT
An example of a partially completed table is provided on the next page.
Cultural Group (according
to the ADDRESSING model)
How You Identify
A. Age (and generational
influences).
Generation Z, 22 years old.
D. Disability (developmental).
None
D. Disability (acquired).
None
R. Religion and spiritual
identity.
Catholic
E. Ethnicity and racial identity.
Hispanic/ Latino
S. Socioeconomic status.
Middle Class
S. Sexual orientation.
Heterosexual.
I. Indigenous heritage.
None
N. National origin.
Cuba
G. Gender.
Female
Implications for your work.
Consider where you have
privilege, and what groups
might be easy or difficult to
work with.
Feel very comfortable with my
age working with old and
young people.
Comfortable working with
people despite their sexual
identity.
My first language is Spanish,
sometimes it makes it difficult
for me.
After filling out the table above, review your entries. Then use the space below and
respond to the following:
1. Based on your entries to the table above, evaluate three areas where you have privilege
and three areas where you do not (this is also part of the first discussion in this course).
Provide examples of each.
2. Evaluate how your own cultural identities or other factors may possibly influence you to
have any biases in relation to others with different cultural identities.
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3. Analyze the implications your cultural identifications may have on your professional
relationships.
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THIS IS A PARTIALLY COMPLETED EXAMPLE AND IS PROVIDED TO HELP YOU
UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE TEMPLATE.
Cultural Group (according
to the ADDRESSING model)
How You Identify
Implications for your work.
Consider where you have
privilege, and what groups
might be easy or difficult to
work with.
A. Age (and generational
influences).
Middle age (40s).
I would have difficulty working
with children and young adults
(15°). I realize I`too
verbal in my therapy
approach, and appreciate
clients who can have
discussions involving complex
concepts.
Gay
I know I have biases against
individuals who follow a strict
and literal interpretation of the
scriptures.
Male
I would have problems
working with individuals who
follow strict social sex roles.
(Only men can do men things,
and only women can do
women things). I find gender
and social sex roles much
more fluid.
D. Disability (developmental).
D. Disability (acquired).
R. Religion and spiritual
identity.
E. Ethnicity and racial identity.
S. Socioeconomic status.
S. Sexual orientation.
I. Indigenous heritage.
N. National origin.
G. Gender.
Reference
Hays, P. A. (2008). Looking into the clinician’s mirror: Cultural self-assessment. In P. A. Hays
(Ed.), Addressing cultural complexities in practice: Assessment, diagnosis, and therapy
(2nd ed., pp. 41²). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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