Cultural Responsiveness

From the President: The Land on Which We Stand

Land acknowledgments are an opportunity to offer healing through honoring lived experiences, understanding the impact of colonization and balancing mourning with celebration of life.

Navigating white privilege in the counseling room

Without the awareness and willingness to acknowledge how they have benefited from cultural racism, white counselors risk creating fractured alliances and distrust in the therapeutic process.

A mental wellness program for law enforcement

Using a mental health program designed for law enforcement may help remove barriers that often prevent officers from getting the mental health care they need.

Growing up between cultures

Counseling can provide third-culture kids with a space to grieve their losses and celebrate the beauty and possibility within their unique experiences.

Counseling girls and women in the current cultural climate

Superwoman, #metoo, COVID-19 and so much in between: Refocusing on the complex, intersectional, and cultural needs of girls and women in counseling.

Culture-centered counseling

Advocates argue that for the profession to evolve and better serve the needs of diverse clients, it must embrace counseling theories that address lingering gaps in more traditional approaches.

The sensitivity of boundary setting in collectivist cultures

Counselors must understand that relationship boundaries considered ‘healthy’ by the dominant culture in the U.S. don’t automatically apply to immigrant and bicultural clients.

Multicultural encounters

Counselors share the lessons they’ve learned along the way in their efforts to translate the ideal of multicultural competence into practical action.

Why do cops avoid counseling? Eight myths about law enforcement officers and mental health treatment

What can we do as clinicians to help reduce the stigma and minimize the fear that going to counseling has for many law enforcement officers? The first step is to help officers understand their rights to privacy.

Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies: Practical applications in counseling

During the past three decades, counseling scholars and practitioners have argued that multicultural competence is a central concern to working effectively with diverse clients and to providing culturally responsive counseling environments.

Addressing clients' prejudices in counseling

Counselors-in-training are often encouraged to be aware of and discuss issues that they think would be difficult for them to address with clients in counseling.