Project Description
Lambers Fisher, LMFT, MDiv, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, author, and national speaker on the topic of multicultural awareness and diversity. For over 20 years, Lambers has counseled individuals, couples, and families from a variety of cultural backgrounds, in private practice, non-profit, and ministry environments. Lambers has helped thousands of professionals around the country increase their cultural competence and strengthen cross-cultural relationships. Lambers helps professionals in various fields feel more comfortable, competent, and confident in their ability to meet the needs of whomever they have the opportunity to serve. For more information visit www.LambersFisher.com
TOPIC: Diversity Made Simple: Positive & Shame Free Multicultural Awareness Training for Helping Professionals
Unintentional cultural offenses and misunderstandings often contribute to disconnected personal and professional relationships. Unfortunately, helping professionals often feel paralyzed by the fear that we don’t know enough about other cultures to try to effectively support those different than themselves. This training will help reduce those fears by providing an attainable goal for increasing cultural competence, as well as reducing the negative impact of unavoidable cultural misunderstandings on professional rapport and effectiveness.
This positive and encouraging, relationship-focused training will provide practical language and strategies that can help reduce tensions and perceived barriers, and help strengthen cross-cultural relationships.
Participants will leave the session able to:
Utilize strategies for increasing cultural self-awareness in ways that empower others to increase their cultural self-awareness.
Apply healthy diversity language to avoid division and increase cohesion among culturally diverse families and communities.
Demonstrate the use of practical strategies for reducing unintentional cultural offenses and repairing professional relationships damaged by cultural offenses.
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Reviews for Lambers
“Lambers is a dynamic speaker that knows how to reach audiences with authentic, real life examples of cultural diversity in action. This helps teams connect and think about their own approach and application. I’d recommend Lambers as a speaker because he is dynamic, responsive, and engaging.”
“Lambers provided one of the finest trainings I have ever heard, incorporating our cultural values, with deep and practical application for our staff, volunteers and even our board. I have been and continue to be a fan of Lambers’ reconciliation and peacemaking efforts.”
“Lambers presented on a sensitive and challenging topic in a way that was approachable, compassionate, and practical. He was engaging and the time flew by. Best of all, he provided concrete skills to help therapists work more effectively and in a multiculturally competent manner. I would absolutely recommend Lambers as a speaker – 100% without a doubt. This was one of the most thoughtful, nuanced, and practical seminars I’ve attended on this topic.”
