Cultural intelligence in Mental health Care (Level 1) – Working with Muslim Clients

Two-Day Online Program: April 3 & 4th 2025

Why do we need to attend to our client’s culture and our cultural background in mental health practice?

How do the concepts of mental ill-health and wellbeing differ among people from different cultural backgrounds?

How do therapists’ racial awareness and cultural competence influence the success of therapy for the clients we work with?

How do Muslims conceptualise symptoms of mental ill-health, and what types of help-seeking and coping behaviours might they draw on?

About the workshops:

This 12-module series aims to improve mental health practitioners’ cultural responsiveness to work more effectively with Australian Muslim clients. It has been split into Level 1 and Level 2, each course comprising six modules.

Level 1 will be 6 modules spread across 2 days.

This is a wonderful opportunity for mental health practitioners to engage in some reflective cultural self-awareness to improve therapeutic outcomes with Muslim clients.

Participants will receive soft copies of resources developed in the project and receive a certificate of completion (CQ1) upon attendance at all sessions.

Learning outcomes:

• Recognise the role of culture and counsellor cultural responsiveness as an ethical obligation.
• Understand and apply the Cultural Intelligence (CQ) model as a framework to work effectively with clients in mental health contexts
• Analyse cultural value dimensions and how they may be used to guide counselling assessment and practice ;
• Understand sociolinguistics in the counselling room to improve counsellor-client rapport and relationship
• Apply critical reflection and awareness of self-identity with a view to how that identity can impact one’s counselling practice.
• Analyse the advantages and limitations of using psychological assessment in a multicultural context
• Develop an in-depth understanding of working effectively with Muslim clients

Target Audience:

Mental health practitioners, psychologists, clinical social workers, counsellors who work in mental health and wellbeing

Course Fee:

Free! (Fully covered by the Zaytouna Project, an initiative of the North Western Primary Health Network)

Registration:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cultural-intelligence-in-mental-health-care-level-1-two-day-online-course-tickets-1137027362449

Spots are limited, so be sure to secure your place early!