ACA Webinar | Cultural Responsiveness in Counselling
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Cultural Responsiveness in Counselling Delivered by Dr Susan SiskoIn this webinar, we will take a look at historic attempts to develop cultural competence in counselling. Where the gaps are in multicultural counselling in Australia and how we develop a reflective practice and improve skills and competence in our practice through understanding 6-key principles in cultural responsiveness in counselling.
About: Susan Sisko, PhD.
With a background in counselling and psychology, Susan brings her clinical expertise into academia. Susan is the Discipline Lead for Counselling at the University of Canberra. Her tertiary level teaching philosophy reflects her interest in collaborative learning, where personal experiences serve as legitimate sites of knowledge and provide a place for consciousness raising and for students to increase personal reflection and self-awareness. She strives to develop meaningful learning communities, which in turn reflects a powerful dimension of feminist and multicultural pedagogy.
Amongst other publications, Susan is the author and co-editor of Multicultural Responsiveness in Counselling and Psychology, 2021 (Palgrave). The book focuses on Australian populations and systemic structures with a social justice framework. Susan’s second book, Culturally Responsive Psychotherapy, Counselling & Psychology: Practices for Inclusion and Accountability (2025) which focusses on cultural responsiveness in practice, teaching, and research.
This webinar is held in AEST, check your time zone below:
AEST (QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT): 10:00 AM
ACST (SA, NT): 9:30 AM
AWST (WA): 8:00 AM
Date
Thursday 24 September 2026 10:00 AM AESTLocation
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