{"id":8508,"date":"2016-01-05T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T14:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2016-01-05T09:59:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T14:59:02","slug":"reflective-practice-cultural-standpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/fr\/reflective-practice-cultural-standpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflective Practice from a Cultural Standpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"diversity.relfective.practice\"<\/a>Many of us are cognitively aware of the importance of reflective practice in our work with clients. Reflective practice allows us to stop for a moment and look back at our past actions and experiences in a critical and effortful way. Although reflective practice is beneficial when working with clients in general, I believe it especially important when working with clients from cultures much different than our own. According to the American Psychological Association, it is imperative for psychologists to recognize themselves as cultural beings and as such hold attitudes and beliefs that may inadvertently influence clients that come from a different background. Psychologists, like others, are shaped by their worldviews, ethnicity, culture, heritage, past experiences, family dynamics, nationalities, age, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, media influences, education and other significant culturally related dynamics. Hence, it is advisable to recognize this phenomenon when working with clients in general, but particularly with those who may have a cultural framework that is vastly different than the therapists\u2019. This allows counsellors to be more cautious of their own agenda in the counselling relationship. Additionally, it increases the likelihood that the client will feel comfortable and heard in therapy.<\/p>\n

If counsellors fail to view the client relationship from a cultural lens, then some detrimental consequences may occur. A common cultural error that many western therapists make is applying individualistic ideologies to clients who come from collectivistic cultures. For example, in many collectivist cultures the family and the group are more important than the individual himself\/herself. Hence, if a therapist were to be working with an individual from a collectivist culture and attempted to counsel this client in ways that were more in-line with an individualistic standpoint, then this could potentially really harm not only the therapeutic relationship, but possibly interfere with that client and his relationship to others in his life.<\/p>\n

I am aware that it is impossible to take \u201courselves\u201d completely out of the therapeutic process, therefore it is of utmost importance to engage in reflective practice and understand our presence during interactions with clients and how our own worldviews and ways of being may interfere with the therapeutic process. Once we do this we begin to learn more about ourselves; about how our culture is influencing our work with others; and ultimately how we can be more culturally sensitive and present for the clients that we serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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