Multicultural Counselling/Training Provision

 

 

Culturally Responsive Counselling

Talk Therapy Dublin has continuous demand from clients of diverse backgrounds, nationalities & minoritized perspectives.  This reflects the evolving demographics of the Republic of Ireland. 

This Irish Times article brings attention on the pressing need to address Irish psychotherapy with respect to EDI. Significant demographic change presents new challenges for responsive mental health services.

We provide a culturally responsive counselling service reflected in the diversity amongst our team of therapists. A number of our therapists having undergone specific training on cultural competency and culturally responsive counselling.  We aspire to provide practitioner options to all clients (within ethical guidelines) and embrace diversity and intersectionality in all its manifestations. 

We can also help provide access to multilingual therapy services , click here for more information.

If we are unable to to offer a suitable therapist from our core team we will certainly help assist with a relevant referral.

 

Multicultural Orientation (MCO)Training

Talk Therapy Dublin has been involved in advocating for an increased Multicultural Orientation in community work, social care and mental health service provision. 

Ravind Jeawon MIACP has provided training in this area for a number of different institutions and organizations such as.

This training will be relevant to those who work with diverse client case loads, patients and individuals across a wide variety of health, education, community or social care sectors, particularly those linked to roles such as counsellor, support worker, psychologist, social worker, or community worker.

Training can be tailored to specific areas depending on requirements and can include topics such as

  • Migration and Mental health
  • Mental Health & Psychosocial Care (MHPSS)
  • Counselling/Care Skills training
  • Culturally responsive Supervision
  • Working with a translator
  • Micro-aggression – what is it? and its impact providing care
  • Intersectionality, (the role of power & privilege, considerations when providing care)
  • EDI (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) concerns when providing care.
  • Inclusivity audits – what are they and their importance for modern organizations
  • Working with difference when providing care
  • Racism & mental health
  • Internalized oppression/racism
  • Code switching, Masking or “Passing” and its impact or the therapeutic relationship

 

This training will introduce a process-orientated model of working with diversity, such as race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, physical ability, religion, age as well as other aspects of diverse cultural identities. 

This MCO training moves beyond traditional competency frameworks by providing a model focused on client outcomes applicable across different care roles and theoretical modalities that is built on three key pillars:

  • Cultural Humility – “A way of being” when working with diversity
  • Cultural Opportunities – A way of identifying and working with cultural markers when providing care
  • Cultural Comfort – A way of understanding the self in these moments – particularly difficult emotional reactions, interventions etc.

Having provided training for a number of prominent services and universities we have found that keeping the training interactive, blending theory with group work, reflective exercises , case studies, videos and other experiential methods tends to be most beneficial.

For any professionals or service providers interested in exploring training on the topic  please do make contact.