(HS King 150821 2026) Cultural Humility Across Generations

Course overview

All clients are impacted by the historical events, social norms, and power structures in which they live. And so are all therapists. To be effective across generations, clinicians must expand their understanding of culture by viewing age cohort and generation as critical variables, going beyond stereotypes about how "Boomers" or "The Silent Generation" will present in and respond to psychotherapy. In this session, Dr. Katherine Dearborn King - geropsychology expert and author of The Well Helper - will give you tools to explore how intersectional identities converge to influence how older adults understand mental health, express distress, relate to authority, and engage in treatment. You'll walk away with: A practical framework to improve generational solidarity and mutual understanding Strategies to reduce the harmful effects of misattunement and sterotyping A framework to adapt communication and intervention across generational and cultural differences