Chapter 1: Introduction

Cultural Sensitivity

Ability to understand and embrace cultural differences, recognize how one's own culture can influence professional practice, and be able to design interventions with clients that take culture into consideration.

Cultural Competence

Capability to develop an awareness of one's cultural beliefs, values, and biases while acquiring knowledge of the norms and behaviors of other cultures and explain the professional skills that combine awareness and knowledge of sad cultures.

Cultural Awareness

Encompasses the ability for one to examine their own cultural beliefs and values and understand how the culture of others can shape behavior and interactions with others.

Cultural Humility

Focuses on individuals and organizations to examine culture and recognize continual learning as practitioners from other cultures and that we do not know everything and need to learn from the client. It is the ability to maintain an interpersonal stance where the practitioner is "other oriented" and is learning about the cultural identity that is most important to the client. Cultural humility often encompasses self reflection and personal critique and is ongoing, lifelong process.