Social Justice, Ethics and Multicultural Issues for Mental Health Professionals: Clinical Strategies for Inclusivity, Empowerment and Improved Treatment Outcomes

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Summary

• Effective treatment focuses on the whole person.

• The thoughts, behaviors and sufferings of your clients are intimately connected to the social and cultural context in which they live.

• Without seeing your clients in their entirety, you could fail to recognize the unique challenges, stressors, barriers and burdens that can lie at the heart of their mental health issues.

• But even therapists can feel uncomfortable with conversations surrounding racial, cultural, sexual, economic and religious issues.

• And cultural stigmas and distrust born from societal power dynamics can cause some clients to hold back in therapy or leave treatment early.