3005psy Week 9, Culture PDF

3005psy week 9, culture Study online at https://quizlet.com/_bopns8 uNearly 50% were either born overseas or had one or both parents who were...

3005psy week 9, culture Study online at https://quizlet.com/_bopns8 uNearly 50% were either born overseas or had one or both parents who were born overseas uMore than 800,000 Aboriginal and Tor- res Strait Islander people uMore than 600,000 non-heterosexual australian culture/context population above the age of 18 uOver 3.2 million people living below the poverty line uMore than 4 million people who live with some form of a disability including phys- ical and psychological disabilities uA set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices among a group of people (not always explicitly shared) Definitions of Culture uCharacteristic features of everyday ex- istence (such as a way of life) shared by a group of people in a place or at a particular time in history uThe way culture is defined here and our understanding of its scope has certain implications for our practice uIn order to engage in culture-centered practices we require continued reflection on our own cultural backgrounds and assumptions to remain an effective and relevant psychologist/counsellor culture and Implications for therapeutic uWe need to continually enhance our un- practice derstanding of multicultural competence uOtherwise, our capacities for working with a diverse range of clients is always at risk of issues such as: implicit and explicit bias or even microaggressions in our practice. uCulturally skilled counsellors and psy- chologists are constantly seeking to un- derstand themselves as cultural beings 1/4  3005psy week 9, culture Study online at https://quizlet.com/_bopns8 uAlways ask this question: What consti- tutes my culture? uif you are a heterosexual white woman with some Christian beliefs and you grew up in a middle-class family that speaks English and Greek, and your parents paid for your education, and you have full physical and psychological abilities... uYou need to realise and acknowl- edge how each of these backgrounds and characteristics of your context have culture What are we reflecting on shaped your worldviews and might have been a point of privilege for you uReflect on how such givens and privi- leges, might have led to the emergence of certain assumptions for you; assump- tions about how life should be lived or certain other assumptions about people and their ways of living; assumptions that limit your ways of understanding people and the particularities of their problems in context. uWhat sort of ideas and beliefs, what sort of client groups, what sort of actions by your client, might make it hard for you to relate to a particular cultural group, compared to others? And consequently, to relate to a particular group of clients? uWhat sort of assumptions do you have To extend culturally reflective practice... about these people? Where such as- sumptions might have originated from? uWhat can you do about your assump- tions? Are you willing to work on them and change, or are you able to just avoid working with such client groups? Is it possible? What could be the implications for your practice? SQUAD model = 2/4  3005psy week 9, culture Study online at https://quizlet.com/_bopns8 strength, solidarity, strategy and sustain- ability raising awareness, informing supreme court for greater equity in education, health care access and family rights, call- examples of advocacy and justice in- ing attention to bias and harmful treat- clude ment, faclitating peace practices, conflict resolution and communioty rights, ac- countability for policies and procedures equitable access to resources and op- portunities, fairness in process and sys- social justice represents tems that work for all members of a soci- ety efforts to challenge injustice on a large scale and involves transforming systems social action = often, collective action of groups of con- cerned commity members influencing or persuading those with powers to rectify an injustice or barrier, advocacy individual clients or whole populations, specific situation or broader systems visible and persistent action taken to call activism for political or social change not in job description barriers for professionals with advocacy - distanced from community and activism - fear retribution skills strengths for professionals with advoca- knowledge and expertise, resources, cy and activism lived experiences, accreditation relationships with clients and communi- solidarity ty, humility, respect, recognition of power and privaledge 3/4 3005psy week 9, culture Study online at https://quizlet.com/_bopns8 actions taken for advocacy and activism. Immediate, short and long term strate- gies. collaboration. nurturing client empowerment. Educat- strategy ing communities, organisations and the public, working across disciplines, fos- tering allies, influencing policeies, writing and speaking, engaging in ploitics creat- ing media operating in a way which allows you to continue your work, maintain health, sustainability wellbeing and family, know yourself, your challenges your fears and what replen- ishes them 4/4