Counseling & Humility

Author and counselor, Ed Welch, briefly explains why humility is so fundamental for Christian counseling.

Author and counselor, Ed Welch, provides this succinct wisdom from a Christian perspective.

A simple outline from a Christian perspective, summarized by Darryl Burling.

A brief article succinctly outlining what humility is and why it is so important for counseling. 

In this article, Sidney Shaw, shows how to integrate cultural humility into counseling.

Helene A Nissen-Lie, associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Oslo in Norway, explains why this is the case as well as the implications for clinicians.

Understanding the power of humility and vulnerability, psychiatrist Curt Thompson provides the neurobiological roots and practical tools necessary to dismantle shame, based on years of researching its damaging effects and counseling people to overcome those wounds.

Arising from their experience in the medical community, Melanie Tervalon and Jann Murray-Garcia, are promoting cultural humility to address health disparities and institutional inequities in medicine. Their approach is now used in public health, social work, education, and non-profit management as a way to deal with hierarchical relationships, changing organizational policy and building relationships based on trust. 

Published in 2020, a team of authors with extensive clinical experience and research offer specific guidance to support students and practitioners in providing on-going, culturally-attuned professional care. It introduces a multicultural diversity-training model named the ORCA-Stance, an intentional practice which brings together four core components: Openness, Respect, Curiosity, and Accountability.