Cultural Diversity and/or Social Justice Issues

Various state licensing boards and professional organizations encourage their respective licensees and members to complete continuing education courses pertinent to Cultural Diversity and/or Social Justice Issues as they apply to the practice of psychotherapy. Cultural Diversity pertains to differences in age, race, culture, ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion/spirituality, and physical ability. Social Justice pertains to the historical, social and political inequities in the treatment of people from non-dominant groups, while addressing the various injustices and different types of oppression that contribute to individual, family and community psychological concerns.