Overview

The APS hosts this activity with the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.

With 1 in 4 Australians being born overseas, awareness, knowledge, and skills are needed when working with these multicultural clients.

The relevance of a multicultural focus on our work becomes more evident since COVID-19 has increased prejudice and microaggression towards minority groups in Australia.

Psychologist’s multicultural competence often encounters themes of multicultural identification and increased multicultural awareness and knowledge, person-centred approaches and training, knowledge, and awareness.

This webinar aims to bring further knowledge in:

• working with people from diverse world views, their families and multicultural communities,

• culturally sensitive assessment and diagnosis, and

• shaping interventions to facilitate insight on clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Level of Learning

Intermediate. This activity is targeted to those who have some previous learning on the topic.

Duration of access

Access to the recordings and presenter slides is for 12 months from the date of confirmed registration.

APS CPD-Approved

This activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality.

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Activity details

On-demand webinar recording

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this webinar, participants should be able to:

• identify multicultural competencies required to assist people from culturally diverse backgrounds,

• develop a Cultural Formulation in Diagnosis (as recommended in the DSM-V), and

• describe psychotherapy techniques suitable for working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds including Narrative Exposure Therapy.

Presenter(s)

Dr Hugo Gonzales MAPS

About the presenter(s)

Dr Hugo Gonzales is a clinical psychologist with a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Curtin University and PhD at Macquarie University.
He has more than 25 years’ experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and diverse communities. Areas of expertise include working with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and complex trauma.
Hugo has worked as a Senior Lecturer at several universities in Australia as well as working his own practice. He is also particularly focused in non-directive interventions aiming to develop insight on individuals, couples, groups and communities.