Counseling Caregivers from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds

This episode is eligible for CE credit - Counselors & Social Workers

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In this episode, I'll be talking with Dr. Marie Huggins about the unique challenges facing caregivers from diverse cultural backgrounds, with an emphasis on working with caregivers of color. We'll look at systemic factors that impact the wellness of caregivers, and learn strategies for connecting and providing effective support. 

Learning objectives

• Define caregiving
• Identify cultural narratives that impact the experience of caregiving
• Understand the importance of taking an ecological over individual stance in the counseling relationship
• Discover strategies for assessing caregiver needs in a counseling setting
• Summarize systemic factors that impact stress and wellness of caregivers of color, and ways to address these in the counseling relationship.

Meet our guest

Dr. Marie Huggins, PhD, NCC, LCMHCA (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate in North Carolina and holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; as well as M.Ed. in Counselor Education and Supervision with a concentration in College Counseling and Student Development in Higher Education and a BA in Applied Psychology and Africana Studies Minor from North Carolina State University. She also holds the credentials of National Certified Counselor and a Global Career Development Facilitator. She currently works as an counselor at Duke University. Dr. Huggins has provided counseling to various culturally diverse adults who have been caregivers and also been a primary caregiver for her immediate and extended family members.