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A Systemic Approach to Understanding Diversity in Financial Counseling

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Diversity is a broad topic. The task of deepening our understanding of other races, genders, social classes, religions—or any intersection thereof—is a critical and ongoing endeavor. This chapter sets out to provide financial counselors with a primer on these topics, with the idea that a systemic approach to recognizing and appreciating the different ways in which clients experience the world can help counselors to better serve their needs. While this chapter presents a set of theories, concepts, and techniques for increasing diversity consciousness, it is important to acknowledge that what is presented is not a “one-size-fits-all” approach. Ultimately, greater awareness and sensitivity to diversity is not an end goal, but rather a lifelong practice.

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  1. University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

    Alycia N. DeGraff

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  2. Money Management Resource Center Personal Financial Planning program, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, USA

    Ryan H. Law

  3. Financial Counseling Consultant, Lubbock, TX, USA

    Angela K. Mazzolini

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DeGraff, A.N., Dillon, D. (2019). A Systemic Approach to Understanding Diversity in Financial Counseling. In: Durband, D., Law, R., Mazzolini, A. (eds) Financial Counseling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72586-4_4

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