Have you ever wanted to do a job that really mattered?
In this season, we look at some big trends
and small steps that are changing the future of work.
So your job of tomorrow can help your community
and even the planet.
We are seeing people from a wider range of backgrounds
with varied life experiences entering the therapy world.
Whether it's as practitioners or as clients.
AAMFT is the American Associatio for Marriage and Family Therapy.
They work to advance the profession and provide
practitioners with the tools to succeed.
Aisha Williams is an AAMFT approved
supervisor an AAMFT board member
A licensed marriage and family therapist and a key developer
for AAMFT’s DEI policy,
which stands for diversity, equity and Inclusion.
Our association realized that we needed to have some type
of diversity statement.
That statement was then put out, which then held
not only our membership accountable,
but vendors accountable or anyone who was going to particip
whether it was a conference or symposium, whatever it was
that AAMFT was doing.
Anyone who was agreeing to attend was going to be held
accountable to maintaining what we had listed as being a diverse
and inclusive programing space.
That's where cultural competency training shines.
To prepare therapists and give them tools to guide their client
I think a really important component of incorporating
cultural competence or cultural sensitivity into therapy
is recognizing that you, as therapist, are a human being.
So you have biases, you have beliefs,
you have things that inform your perspective.
Where are you at?
What are your beliefs? What are your assumptions?
What are your biases?
What is your leftover
bigotry from your family of origin
or from your culture of origin?
All of that needs to be explored before you sit down with clients
Being a therapist is also a challenging job.
While cultural competency training effectively bridges
those gaps and accelerates the resonating chemistry with client
therapists are also human beings who are also impacted
by their local communities or global environment.
To learn more, check out the full episode from
the amazing docuseries Jobs of Tomorrow.