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What Gets in the Way of Culturally Safe
and Inclusive Care?

Wednesday 23 September, 2026
2:00pm · 90 mins


Live Q&A featuring: Mish Kumar-Jonson, Erin Joyce, Dr Averil Cook

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Resources

Resources 

Arthur Kleinman's work on Explanatory Models 

Kleinman, A. (1980). Patients and healers in the context of culture: An exploration of the borderland between anthropology, medicine, and psychiatry. University of California Press. 

A seminal paper introducing the concept of cultural humility as a lifelong process of self-reflection, addressing power imbalances, and fostering respectful partnerships with individuals and communities. 

Tervalon, M., & Murray-García, J. (1998). Cultural humility versus cultural competence: A critical distinction in defining physician training outcomes in multicultural education. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 9(2), 117-125. 

Psychology Board AHPRA Fact sheet: Professional competencies for psychologists 

Mark Yettica-Paulson's Intercultural Framework  

https://www.supernativeunlimited.com/inter-cultural-framework/ 

Further resources from Dr Averil Cook can be found on her website: Bodhi & Psychology 

Webinars 

Neurodecolonization And Mindfulness With Dr. Michael Yellow Bird 

Colonization, Decolonization, and the Medicine Wheel - Dr. Michael Yellow Bird 

An exercise for teams to help set healthy boundaries 

Zone of Fabulousness - Vicky Reynolds 

Documentary Series The Eternal Song - SAND 

Books 

Decolonizing Trauma Work - Linklater 

My Grandmother’s Hands - Resma Manakem  

Decolonising Therapy - Dr. Jennifer Mullan  

Podcasts 

Decolonising your practice: Small steps toward anti-oppressive therapy 

UnBiased Episode 62 with Mish Kumar-Jonson 

How to challenge bias in mental health practice - MHPN

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes 

  • Explain how bias can develop and influence assessment, decision-making, risk management and care pathways.​​

  • Outline the multiple levels at which bias can occur within multidisciplinary mental health care.​​

  • Apply strategies for responding to bias and adapting care to ​client context, culture, identity, and lived experience.​

Panellists

Meet Our Panellists

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CEO of The Iceberg Foundation, Accredited Mental Health Social Worker

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Senior LGBTQIA+ Program Officer – Foundation House, Peer Work

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Clinical Psychologist, Board‑Approved Supervisor and Director of Bodhi & Psychology

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General Practitioner

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Senior Lead, Cultural Safety, Equity & Access, Alfred Mental & Addiction Health, Social Work

The Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN) respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri and the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which our office is situated. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. 
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