Cultivating Cultural Humility in Counseling: Addressing Four Roadblocks to Counselor Growth

Training Details:

During this training, the audience will be encouraged to engage in an interactive, thought provoking, informative learning experience. To ensure that the attendees gain the most out of the presentation, the facilitators will begin by gathering the attendees current understanding of the development of cultural humility in the context of the counselor trainee-client relationship. Thereafter, the facilitators will define cultural humility and provide foundational information on the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC; Ratts et al., 2016), including the conceptual framework and domains. Once foundational information has been presented to the attendees, the facilitators will enlighten attendees on how to widen their own self-discovery and awareness, including reviewing methods for recognizing colonized interventions and strategies that are embedded in the practice of counseling and working towards decolonized practice.

During this training you will:

• Have the opportunity to engage in self-discovery focused on increasing cultural humility
• Gain a better understanding of your worldview and how this impacts client work
• Explore broaching and self-reflection techniques
• Work towards decolonized practice in a communal setting

More about your facilitators:

Bonnie Stice: Bonnie (she/her) holds a Master of Arts in Counseling with an emphasis in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Texas State University. Bonnie is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Counseling at the University of North Texas. She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Associate license in the state of Texas. Bonnie is informed by a relational-cultural approach, a therapeutic practice based on increasing relational connection and founded in social change. This perspective looks at the impacts of context (culture, power, privilege, and marginalization) on personal mental health. She is passionate about uplifting marginalized voices, in particular through her research on sex work and the mental health effects of climate change.

Kimberly Parker: Kimberly (she/her) is the CEO of Revive to Thrive Wellness Center, a Texas-based counseling practice. As a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S), Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC), and Transformative Coach, she specializes in trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, life transitions, and self-esteem improvement. Committed to culturally humble care, Kimberly empowers individuals and addresses unique challenges faced by marginalized populations. Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision (CES), she enhances her skills as a clinician and serves as an instructor, clinical supervisor, and researcher. In her educational role, Kimberly mentors students in counseling programs and serves as a speaker and trainer, focusing on cultural humility to better serve marginalized populations. With extensive experience and a passion for promoting cultural humility, Kimberly delivers transformative training for the benefit of attendees and their communities.