Working with clients who are culturally diverse requires a treatment that is both ethical and responsive to their needs. Research shows that counseling professionals are not culturally responsive to diverse populations. Lack of clarity, cultural barriers, panethnic labeling, and Eurocentric perspectives may prevent minoritized clients from receiving culturally responsive treatment. The presentation will highlight old and new terminology that is culturally appropriate and offer tangible ways of engaging culture in addiction treatment. This training will provide concrete ways that counselors can decolonize treatment and make space in counseling rooms for minoritized clients.
Learning Objectives
- Articulate a research-based rationale regarding the importance of providing culturally responsive treatment.
- Utilize techniques to strengthen their ability to provide culturally responsive treatment to clients with minoritized backgrounds.
- Obtain different resources to continue their work of overcoming their own cultural barriers.