Reflections on Multicultural Competence is a weekly podcast, hosted by psychologist Sonya Lott, Ph.D., and produced by CEMPSYCH, LLC. The intention of the podcast is to encourage mental health professionals to reflect on, challenge, and transform the narratives we have created about ourselves and others through the socialization process and our experiences with power, privilege, and marginalization based on our many intersecting cultural identities.

This self-reflection is the foundation of multicultural competence, that which is required to adhere to ethical standards of doing no harm and really seeing, hearing, respecting, and appreciating those we serve.

Also, understanding oneself more fully as a cultural being with multiple identities, provides a pathway for healing any sense of separation felt within oneself as well as with others.