FREE 6-HOUR LIVE Multicultural Clinical Skills Masterclass for therapists:
TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, 2026 @ 10:00 AM ET – 5:30 PM ET
Keep Diverse Clients In Treatment When The Cultural Gap Is Quietly Limiting Your Clinical Work
Free 6-Hour Masterclass With Lambers Fisher, LMFT: 20-Year Multicultural Specialist. Qualifies For Mandatory Cultural Competency CEs, Available For Purchase At Next Step After registration
Learn the clinical framework for the moment the freeze, the silent refer-out, & the fear of an unintentional offense interfere with the work. Apply the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview, bias-reduction protocols, & in-session repair sequences so diverse clients stay past the first session.
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Free to attend. CEs, recording access, & clinical tools available for purchase after registration.
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Inside Lambers Fisher's 6-Hour Shame-Free Cultural Competency Masterclass
Multicultural Clinical Skills Masterclass: The Practical Clinical Approach To Cultural Assessment, Bias Reduction & Cross-Cultural Repair With Diverse Clients
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OBJECTIVE 1
The DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview: Assess Culture In Diagnosis
Apply the 16-question CFI to surface how culture shapes the client's presenting issue.
OBJECTIVE 2
Bias Patterns That Disrupt Cross-Cultural Rapport & Engagement
Recognize the unspoken assumptions that quietly erode trust, accuracy, & clinical strategy.
OBJECTIVE 3
The Lived Experience Shaping Every Diverse Client's Story
Understand how cultural background influences symptom presentation, meaning-making, & treatment response.
OBJECTIVE 4
Self-Disclosure & Therapist Authority Across Cultural Differences
Apply ethical standards for when sharing your background helps & when it overreaches.
OBJECTIVE 5
The Repair Sequence For The Unintentional Cultural Misstep
Apply in-session repair language to recover trust without defensiveness, lectures, or shame.
OBJECTIVE 6
Overcoming Language, Religion & Acculturation Barriers In Session
Walk through clinical strategies for navigating cultural barriers across the arc of treatment.
LEARN FROM A 20+ YEAR LMFT WHO'S TRAINED 20,000+ CLINICIANS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE
Lambers Fisher, LMFT: Founder Of Diversity Made Simple & 20+ Year Multicultural Clinical Specialist
Lambers Fisher, LMFT, is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist & founder of Diversity Made Simple, one of the few cultural competency platforms built specifically around practical, shame-free clinical skills. He's equipped 20,000+ clinicians to work with the population most therapists quietly refer out: diverse clients whose culture, religion, or identity sits outside the clinician's training.
Across 20+ years of clinical work, he has built his practice & his training of other clinicians around the exact moment cultural difference shuts the therapist down in session. This 6-hour Masterclass distills the practical framework he teaches as an adjunct instructor of Diversity in Counseling at Crown College & in his award-winning book Diversity In Clinical Practice: A Practical & Shame-Free Guide to Reducing Cultural Offenses & Repairing Cross-Cultural Relationships — covering how to assess cultural influences on diagnosis, repair the unintentional misstep, & build rapport across difference without lectures, shame, or eggshells.
Why Cultural Competency Matters For Every Clinician's Caseload:
WITH THIS MASTERCLASS:
Apply the DSM-5 CFI to assess cultural influences in diagnosis
Recognize bias patterns that quietly erode cross-cultural rapport
Repair the unintentional cultural misstep without defensiveness
Counsel diverse clients with skill, not second-guessing
WITHOUT THIS MASTERCLASS:
You freeze the moment culture, religion, or identity enters the session
You refer out diverse clients & privately know you're avoiding discomfort
You leave sessions with diverse clients wondering if you actually helped
You've already said the wrong thing & don't know how to repair it
CEs, Lifetime Replay & Clinical tools: Available For Purchase After Registration (You'll Be Redirected automatically)
Frequently Asked Questions
I work with diverse clients, but I'm not specialized in cultural competency. Is this Masterclass appropriate for me?
Yes. This Masterclass is built for licensed clinicians whose caseload includes diverse clients & who want a practical clinical framework for cross-cultural counseling.
I've taken cultural competency trainings before that felt too theoretical or too shaming. How is this different?
Lambers Fisher teaches a practical, shame-free clinical framework: the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview, bias-reduction strategies, & repair sequences you can apply in your next session.
I've completed DEI or diversity training at my agency. Will this Masterclass duplicate that?
No. This Masterclass focuses on clinical application: assessing cultural influences on diagnosis, repairing in-session missteps, & building rapport across difference — not the workplace policy or sensitivity training your agency may already provide.
I don't see a lot of racially or ethnically diverse clients. Is this Masterclass still relevant to my practice?
Yes. The DSM-5 CFI & bias-reduction frameworks apply to every client across age, gender, religion, acculturation, & belief system — not only those from racially or ethnically diverse backgrounds.
How many CEs can I receive, & how do I get them?
9 CEs total, 6 CEs for the Multicultural Clinical Skills Masterclass + 3 CEs for the bonus ethics course Technology & Ethics For Therapists: Legal Boundaries For Social Media, Artificial Intelligence & More. CEs are available for purchase after you register.
Can I get the recording if I cannot attend live?
Yes. The full 6-hour recording is included in the Premium Pass with lifetime access. Full attendance — live or on-demand course completion — is required for CE credit. You can purchase the recording at the next step after registration.
Are the CEs board-approved for my license?
Yes. To check approval for your license type & state, scroll to the bottom of this page & click the Board Approvals button.
Course Overview
Too many therapists freeze when working with clients from different backgrounds. They're afraid of saying the wrong thing, not knowing enough about the client's culture, or unintentionally offending someone. So they hold back, refer out, or feel like a fraud in session.
This 6-hour training gives you practical strategies to work confidently with any client from any culture — without needing to become an expert on every background. Learn to use the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview to assess cultural influences on diagnosis, recognize and reduce your own biases, build meaningful rapport across cultural differences, and recover when you've made an unintentional cultural misstep. Beyond ethnicity, you'll also explore issues of age, gender, sexuality, religion, acculturation, and social justice — and strengthen your own cultural self-awareness in the process.
Designed for licensed mental health professionals who want to stop freezing with diverse clients and start counseling with confidence across cultures.
Objectives
Implement the DSM-5 criteria and Cultural Formulation Interview to accurately assess for cultural influences as it relates to diagnosis.
Analyze biases to improve clinical strategies, rapport, and engagement with a variety of clients.
Develop a deep understanding of the impact of varying cultural group experiences to enhance empathy in session.
Devise ethical standards for a culturally competent practice related to therapeutic authority and self-disclosure.
Utilize clinical strategies to address unintentional cultural offenses towards clients to increase treatment effectiveness.
Apply skills to overcome cultural barriers such as language, religion, and different belief systems to improve session outcomes.
Format: Live Webinar
CE Credits: 6 + Free 3 CE Course Included With Purchase After Registration
Duration: 6 hours
Skill Level: Intermediate
Quizzes: None
Replay Access: Available For Purchase
Scope and Limitations Disclosure:
This Masterclass provides licensed mental health professionals with a practical clinical framework for cross-cultural counseling — including assessment of cultural influences on diagnosis (using the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview), bias recognition & reduction, in-session rapport-building, & repair strategies for unintentional cultural offenses across ethnicity, age, gender, religion, acculturation, & related cultural dimensions. Content should be applied within the scope of each clinician's license & professional training. This Masterclass does not offer certification & is not a substitute for clinical supervision, formal credentialing in cross-cultural counseling, or specialized treatment of clients whose presenting issues require culturally specific clinical expertise. Participants are encouraged to apply content within their individual scope of practice & in accordance with applicable professional & ethical guidelines.
Commercial Support Disclosure
Lambers Fisher, LMFT, is an independent clinician, author, & continuing education presenter specializing in cross-cultural counseling, cultural competency training for clinicians, & the application of practical, shame-free clinical strategies in multicultural practice. This Masterclass does not require participants to purchase any additional products, books, or materials to complete the training. The presenter has no relevant financial relationships to disclose beyond standard speaker compensation.
