Creating a Bridge: Broaching Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Therapy

Join My Crossing Paths Training Center and Erica Korto on November 14th, 2025 from 11am-2pm for this online training.

This work provides a comprehensive framework for therapists to intentionally and effectively broach race, ethnicity, and culture within therapeutic relationships. The concept of broaching refers to the counselor’s consistent and ongoing attitude of openness, curiosity, and willingness to explore and discuss cultural identities and experiences, especially as they relate to oppression, privilege, and systemic inequities.

Key themes include:

• Therapist self-awareness: Emphasizes the importance of understanding one's own cultural identity, biases, and privilege to avoid unintentionally reinforcing harm.
• Client-centered cultural engagement: Encourages therapists to acknowledge and invite conversations about the client’s cultural identity, rather than avoid or minimize it.
• Relational safety and trust: Shows how broaching strengthens the therapeutic alliance and fosters deeper emotional safety. Particularly for clients from marginalized backgrounds.
• Cultural humility and responsiveness: Highlights the need for therapists to remain teachable, accountable, and adaptive in cross-cultural encounters.
• Practical strategies: Offers clinical examples, reflective prompts, and structured approaches for integrating broaching into therapy sessions with sensitivity and skill.

My Crossing Paths Training Center has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7253. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. My Crossing Paths Counseling Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
My Crossing Paths Training Center is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling. Provider # 50-37274.

My Crossing Paths Training Center, has been approved as an Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Provider. ACE provider approval number is 1877. Training that are ACE approved with be identified on the training material with correct CE credit and type. This training will count for 1.5 hours of Social and Cultural Competence Credits and 1.5 hours of ethics.