Cultural Issues

Complete a short PowerPoint (4–5 slides – not including title and references).

Choose a specific population, examine cultural issues that might impact their choice to access, maintain use or engagement in psychotherapy following trauma, and create a presentation for your peers.

Instructions:

1. Choose your population – Choose one you are not necessarily familiar with, but this population would be salient to your practice.
2. Research what cultural issues have been found to impact access, engagement, and use of psychotherapy following trauma. Please utilize mostly scholarly sources.
3. Create a PowerPoint presentation (4–5 slides – not including title and references). (You are not required to have voiceover.)
4. Include the following slides:
   • Title Slide
   • Why are Cultural Issues important in Psychotherapy overall?
   • What cultural issues surround processing of trauma for this population?
   • Factors Impacting Access, Engagement, and the Use of Psychotherapy after trauma for this population.
   • (Define Your Population) (address social, cultural, spiritual, language, economics, familial traditions, etc.)
   • Additional info.
   • References.