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This chapter introduces the concepts necessary to provide effective and culturally responsive counseling services to clients in diverse social systems (across cultures or within a pluralistic cultural social system). It introduces the reader to the concepts of cultural identity, worldview, privilege and oppression, and acculturation. It also helps therapists in identifying healing systems in the client’s cultural world.
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Ibrahim, F.A., Heuer, J.R. (2016). Social Justice and Cultural Responsiveness in Counseling Interventions: Using Cultural Assessments. In: Cultural and Social Justice Counseling. International and Cultural Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18057-1_1
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