Cultural Humility, Curiosity, and Collaborativeness

The foundation of cultural competence relies on a clinician’s awareness about themselves and the client as “cultural beings”, engaging in a therapeutic alliance from their lived experiences within intersecting social systems.

The participant will learn how to broach discussions and exploration of culture with clients to develop a multicultural case conceptualization beyond the perceived “cultural differences”. The learner will learn how practice in a culturally competent way as well as know the best practices and how to address common challenges.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to explain the domains of cultural competence.
• Participants will learn how cultural competence is ethically competent practice.
• Participants will learn the research on cultural competence and treatment outcomes.
• Participants will be able to discuss the intersectionality of cultural identities and power and privilege within the therapeutic alliance.
• Participants will learn how to broach discussions and exploration of cultural factors with clients.
• Participants will be able to integrate cultural factors into case conceptualization.

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