Cultivating Cultural Humility: Excavating Our Unconscious Biases
Overview

Online Workshop
Friday, January 26, 2024
10:00am - 1:30pm ET
NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 3.5 CE contact hours
Every one of us was raised in social environments that informed us about our identity and the identities of others. In order to allow all of who our clients are to be welcome in the room, we must compassionately explore our own cultural identities and how they impact our version of reality. Cultural humility is a cross-cultural practice framework that challenges us to be open and teachable; to create trusting relationships that allow us to be our authentic selves, to tell our own stories, and to learn from one another. Participants will leave with concrete tools for open, courageous conversations around culture and a deeper understanding of identity's impact on ourselves and our practice.
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending this workshop, participants will:
- Learn the broader definition of culture that incorporates every way that we or our clients might identify ourselves and how these apply to practice.
- Have an understanding of the term “humility” and how it applies to social service and mental health practice and cross-cultural work.
- Understand how cultural humility differs from cultural competence and serves as a more respectful, empowering and collaborative approach to direct social work and mental health practice.
Presenter
Mara Gottlieb, PhD, LMSW, SIFI (she/her)
Dr. Mara Gottlieb is the President of Talking Changes, an anti-oppression and bias-awareness consulting firm. For over twenty years, she has run trainings across the country, including serving as a keynote speaker and presenting at NASW conferences. Her programs address subjects ranging from cultural humility to anti-racism advocacy, LGBTQIA awareness, teen suicide prevention, and vicarious trauma. Her coaching, supervising and training are all grounded in the knowledge that we can be and do our best when we feel authentically seen, valued and respected.
Dr. Gottlieb has served as an adjunct professor at the NYU Silver School of Social Work, Smith College School for Social Work, and Southern Connecticut State University. She has published articles in the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, The New Social Worker, and other publications. Dr. Gottlieb holds a BA from Brown University, and earned her MSW, certification as a Supervisor in Field Instruction (SIFI), and PhD in Social Work from NYU.
Attendance Fees
General Admission: $60.00
Available Discounts:
- NYU Alumni (10% off): $54
- Current Practicum Instructors/Educational Coordinators (10% off): $54
Cancellations and Refunds
If after registering, you determine that you can no longer attend this event, The Office of Global and Lifelong Learning will issue refunds on the following basis:
- Refund requests made on or before January 19, 2024 (by midnight): full refund
- Refund requests made on or before January 23, 2024 (by midnight): 50% refund
- Refund requests made on or after January 24, 2024: no refund
If this event is cancelled, all registrants will be fully reimbursed. To withdraw from and be reimbursed for this event, please complete the event withdrawal form.
Continuing Education Contact Hours
NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 3.5 Continuing Education Contact Hours.
New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers {#SW-0012}.
New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors {#MHC-0083}.
For Mental Health Practitioners: Please check with your state, if you are not licensed in New York, to determine if these credits will be accepted for licensing renewal.
55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.
Special Accommodations and Grievance Policy
Special Accommodations:
Students requiring accommodations have the opportunity to make these known upon registering or by writing to silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.
Addressing Grievances:
For information on our grievance and complaint procedures, contact 212.998.9099 or silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.
Note on Accessibility:
It is a priority to make our events inclusive and accessible. For any questions or to notify us of a request, please email silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu at least 72 hours before the event.
Contact Us
NYU Silver School of Social Work
Office of Global and Lifelong Learning
285 Mercer Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Email: silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.5973
Fax: 212.995.4497