PSY 712 - Cultural Diversity

Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on individual and cultural diversity (ICD), including the dimensions of culture, race, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, language, socioeconomic status, disability, and national origin, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. A special emphasis is placed on helping students cultivate the flexibility and self-awareness necessary to see the self as different from others, honoring cultural differences and client self-determination as they learn to work effectively with a wide variety of worldviews in assessment and psychotherapy contexts.