Thank you for your post. I liked how you spoke about having a better understanding creates curiosity, allowing counsellors to be open to other perspectives. As counsellors, the ability to be able to and want to learn from our clients stabilizes the hierarchy in the client-therapist relationship; for example, Slay-Westbrook (2017) speaks about how respect is an equalizer. She suggests sometimes this respect is overridden because counsellors may think they are helping but instead unintentionally create biases (Slay-Westbrook, 2017, p.2). Going back to your point, the failure to be curious about other aspects may occur because of generalized knowledge of specific groups of individuals.

Another point I would like to make is about cultural intelligence. Cultural intelligence is the ability to adapt and integrate skills, knowledge, and attitudes consistent with clients' cultures (Shebib,2020, p.311). Seeing as though we have discussed factors such as intersectionality etc. Do you think a framework like cultural intelligence should specify more about learning more about the client before actually integrating skills, knowledge, and attitudes consistent with clients' cultures?