Cultural Humility and Responsiveness   [Archived Catalog]
2023-2024 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Spring Addendum
   

COUN 2560 - Cultural Humility and Responsiveness


This course prepares students to engage in cultural humility and develop the skills necessary for culturally responsive counseling practice. Students develop knowledge and awareness of how White supremacy, oppression, and liberation affects clients' lived experiences and can be addressed in the counseling profession. Cultural identity is explored from an intersectional lens to include but is not limited to race, ethnicity, immigration, disability, gender, sexual/affectional, spirituality/religion, and social class. This course provides the foundation for understand one's own cultural identity and positionality as a counselor as well as how to apply cultural-centered and liberation-focused modalities within the counseling process. Students develop the neccessary skills for social action and advocacy to address the barriers of racism, systemic oppression, and White supremacy that impede client progress and wellness. 3 credit(s)