BTG Fall 2018

Just as the United States has become a more ethnically and culturally diverse society, so has the population of clients seeking addiction treatment. For that reason, treatment programs like Step N2 Recovery Services are putting more emphasis on the cultural competence of their Becoming Culturally Competent Treatment programs adjust to diversity

“Counselors have to learn patience.” – Rhonda Poole Addiction Counselor Step N2 Recovery

as approaching the counseling process from the context of the personal culture of the client. Professional ethics require that counselors must make sure that their own cultural biases do not get in the way of the counseling process, according to Rhonda Poole, an addiction counselor at Step N2 Recovery Services.

include spirituality, religion, region, language, and livelihoods. Culture is live in their communities.

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