Multicultural Health Recovery and Cross-Cultural Interaction
No Book to Buy - Online Text
15 Hours/Credits
Unlimited Test Retakes
Sponsor Approval: Please visit our provider approval page for a list of national and state sponsored approvals.
Course delivery method and format: self-paced online training.
Course Requirements:
1. Course Reading,
2. Online PostTest
3. Course Evaluation.
After successfully completing the Course Reading, PostTest and Evaluation a certificate of completion will be issued online.
Advanced level course
Course Description
This advanced-level course is designed for mental health professionals seeking to enhance their competencies in providing culturally responsive care. It explores the interplay of culture, identity, and mental health recovery, emphasizing effective cross-cultural interactions. Participants will gain insights into how cultural values, beliefs, and practices shape clients’ recovery journeys and learn strategies to foster inclusivity and respect in therapeutic relationships.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will:
- Understand the impact of cultural identity and diversity on mental health recovery processes.
- Identify common challenges and barriers in cross-cultural interactions within therapeutic settings.
- Develop skills for implementing culturally responsive strategies in treatment and recovery planning.
- Enhance their ability to address and mitigate biases to build trusting relationships with clients from diverse backgrounds.
- Describe why the development of cultural competence and culturally responsive services is important in the behavioral health field.
- Differentiate the difference between multicultural development and cross-cultural interaction
- Understand the underlying structure of race, ethnicity, class, spirituality, sexual orientation, gender and disability.
- Subdivide the steps needed to incorporate race, ethnicity and class into the psychotherapeutic process.
- Explain how sexual orientation plays a role in therapeutic bias.
