Being a culturally competent therapist (with Dr Averil Cook)
Bron is joined by Dr Averil Cook (Clinical Psychologist) to unpack the dilemma of how to actually be culturally competent in the therapy space. They talk about 👉🏽 What cultural competence is and why it's essential for early career psychs 👉🏻 How to go about gaining competence in this area, especially with Indigenous Australians 👉 'Decolonising' psychology 👉🏿 Do's and don'ts for cultural competence.
Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an Australian-based early career psychologist.
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Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone. Hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins.
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LINKS
- 'Decolonising your psychological practice': Training run by Averil
- 'Testing your Implicit Biases' research project
- How privileged are you? Fun quiz
- How to be a genuine ally
Credits
Host: Bronwyn Milkins
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home
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Dr Averil Cook
Director of Bodhi Psychology / Clinical Psychologist
Dr Averil Cook is a warm and experienced Clinical Psychologist who has worked with adolescents, families and adults for over 11 years. Averil has also collaboratively developed and run the Masters of Clinical Psychology and Masters of Psychology Practice (Clinical) programs at The Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP). Averil is passionate about developing diversity and cultural competence in clinicians, researching in social justice and mental health issues and has been a consultant for large educational organisations to improve diversity and inclusion in their workplaces.
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