Creating Culturally Safe Space in Clinical Practice and Service Provision

An Online Workshop by Dr. Ben C. H. Kuo, Ph.D., Certified Psychologist (Ontario), Professor, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Windsor

This workshop will introduce participants to the foundational knowledge and concepts related to culture, diversity, and clinical practice and supervision, as a means of promoting cultural safety in psychological and mental health services. Specifically, the concepts of cultural competence and cultural humility, as the two complementary frameworks for facilitating clinicians’ multicultural development and identity, will be discussed. This workshop approaches cultural training from an experiential, personal-growth and professional-development perspective and a social justice stance. Using mental health counselling and therapy intervention as an example, this workshop will survey and guide participants in reflecting and thinking through critical cultural diversity issues about themselves and others. Practical and evidence-based examples will be used to illustrate the content and to help participants integrate their learning with their personal and professional experiences.

More information is available here.