Culturally Affirming Boundary Setting Clinical Guidance on Working with First and Second Gen Clients of Color

Who: SBCAMFT members and Non-SBCAMFT members  (Join now!)

Where: Zoom (link will be sent in registration confirmation email)

When: Friday, March 13th from 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Cost: $10 for Student/Associate members, $20 for SBCAMFT members, $25 for all State CAMFT members, and $30 for Non-SBCAMFT members (Join now!)

Description:  Culturally Affirming Boundary Setting with First- and Second-Generation Clients is a continuing education workshop that challenges the dominant, white, Western, and individualistic frameworks through which boundary setting is typically taught in clinical training and practiced in clinical settings. While traditional models often prioritize autonomy, separation, and individuation, these approaches can be misaligned - or even harmful - when applied uncritically to clients from immigrant families, where relational identity, interdependence, hierarchy, high-context communication, and real material and caregiving needs shape family dynamics. This workshop invites clinicians to move beyond a one-size-fits-all model of “healthy boundaries” and instead examine how boundaries function differently within collectivist, intergenerational, and…