Cultural safety, responsiveness and reflexivity in practice

In this unit you will learn to develop cultural responsiveness by understanding how cultural identities influence our perspectives on behaviour and human interactions. You will engage in critical reflexivity on perceived differences in their ideologies, values, beliefs, norms, customs, meanings and ways of life. You will explore difficult questions about power relations, truth-telling, notions of identity, intersectionality and cultural complexity.

You will learn to apply a critical lens to psychology, epistemology and psychological theory, positioning their understanding in the context of Western institutions, and learning to work with concepts of Indigenous and other non-Western knowledge systems. By developing an awareness of cultural safety and ethical practice, Indigenous and cultural psychologies and determinants of health, you will learn how to communicate and work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other cultural minority groups.