Culture, Religion and Beliefs
Monday, 15 October 2018 09:51
What is Culture (Nelson-Jones, 2013):
- A patterned system of tradition-derived norms influencing behaviour.
- Cultural norms are processes in a constant state of flux.
- They encompass thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values an
institutions.
- "The way we do things here".
What is cultural identity? (Capuzzi & Gross, 2017):
- Identity or feeling of belonging to a social group (society, nation, department wi
university etc.).
- Part of a person's self conception and self perception which is related to national
ethnicity religion, social class, generation, locality or any kind of social group th
own distinct culture.
- It's got to be crucial to the way you see yourself.
Cultural diversity
Everyone to a certain degree is:
- Like everyone else.
- Like some others.
- Like no other person.
Challenges in therapy
Issues of diversity for the practitioner:
- Working with clients who possess worldviews that differ substantially from ours
big challenges to the therapeutic work.
Issues of diversity interfering with communication and therapeutic alliance:
- Cultural misunderstanding can impede empathy, active learning and therapist's a
understand clients' frame of reference.
How do clinicians face such challenges?
- Awareness of own assumptions, values and beliefs.
- Understanding the worldview of the culturally different client.
- Developing appropriate intervention strategies (e.g. culturally mindful).
Awareness of own assumptions, values and beliefs:
- Being aware of own biases/stereotypes doesn't mean ignoring cultural difference
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