International Journal of Psychosexual Therapy
204: From Cultural Competence to Cultural Humility: Indigenous Hawaiian Wisdom in Psychosexual Therapy
Cultural sensitivity, competency, and humility are crucial for ethical, comprehensive, and effective psychosexual therapy. This paper, viewed through a Hawaiian framework, aims to broaden psychosexual therapists’ understanding of relational, psychological, spiritual values, belief systems, and the interconnectedness of sexuality, identity, spirituality, land, tradition, and community (Pukui, Haertig, & Lee, 1972/1979; Rezentes, 1996). Collaterally, this paper aims to extend the definition and practice of cultural s …