Identity and Bias

Differences in any element of your and and your client’s cultural identity can have an impact on the counselling relationship. It is important for you to become more conscious of your life experiences and how they affect you as counsellors. Expand your understanding of culture, and cross-cultural counselling.

Related Web Sites

Questions about Culture, Gender Equality and Development Cooperation
An exploration of how the promotion of gender equality can be perceived as interfering with cultural norms of some groups, and whether gender equality should not be promoted for ethical reasons.

Recommended Reading

Immigrant Settlement Counselling: A Training Guide - Part II - Module 2: Cultural Identities
This section outlines activities to help settlement counsellors recognize their own cultural identity and how it interplays with others' and affects their daily life and work.