This panel inaugurates COMBINE’s series of panel discussions focusing on building cultural humility and cultural competence for all therapists, Diverse Counselors’ Voices.

This series aims to promote education and increase knowledge to reduce harm experienced by BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Veterans, Asian and Pacific Island, Latina and Latino, and Christian, and other historically marginalized communities and to create a healthy understanding of the role of the White therapist. Throughout the series, White therapists can engage with diverse therapists to address personal barriers, limited lenses, imposter syndrome, defensiveness, white privilege, colorism within cultures, and more.

Panel Information

Diverse counselors invariably hear about interactions with white counselors from their clients.  This panel assembles diverse counselors who will recount the stories they’ve heard from clients and discuss. 

White counselors are encouraged to listen and learn, and ask questions.  White counselors will learn from others’ mistakes and take away a new cultural sensitivity. 

Diverse counselors will hear stories similar to their own experience and learn and offer strategies to process what may have been harmful experiences. 

The panel will discuss topics for an hour and the Q & A will last 30 minutes.