Culture Ally

Culture Ally is a social change agency that provides training, resources and comunity to empower mental health professionals to provide effective culturally responsive counseling to diverse communities. Our services includes Antiracism Clinnical Consultation Groups, Culturally Responsive Reading Groups. Continuing Education Workshops, Organizational Consulting and Networking for Culturally Responsive Therapists. At Culture Ally, we place an strong emphasis on clinical self-exploration and development.Personal self-awareness is a foundational competency for therapists. Our trainings are dynamic opportunities for you to identify and explore your social and cultural identities, including categories of privilege and marginalization. Trainings are safe and supportive spaces where you mindfully consider how your lived experiences impact your practice and your clients. Moving beyond mere didactic instruction, Culture Ally provides supportive community and nurturing critique. Honoring the gift of mistakes, we create a safe place to fail and learn from those failures. Our process promotes personal and professional growth that provides the foundation for effective and ethical cross-cultural counseling. Culture Ally is committed to exploring and engaging the concept of social justice in the field of psychotherapy. Through our website, events and trainings, Culture Ally opens discursive spaces for you to explore how cultural politics affect clients. Moreover, we help you identify strategies for activism, advocacy and clinical intervention to aid clients who suffer injustice and oppression. We are committed to equipping clinicians with knowledge, strategies and interventions that ethically and effectively address the needs of diverse clients. Our goal is to empower a community of therapists and counselors with the tools to help eradicate mental health disparities found in our socially and culturally diverse communities.

Website

https://cultureally.org

External link for Culture Ally

Industry

Professional Training and Coaching

Company size

2-10 employees

Headquarters

Castro Valley, California

Type

Self-Employed

Founded

2020