Diversity & Ethics Infusion

Diversity 

StorieTree Professional Education is committed to advancing affirming, equitable, and culturally humble continuing education for psychologists and allied professionals. Consistent with our organizational values, all workshops must meaningfully address the complexity and intersectionality of human identity, honor client autonomy, and promote culturally responsive and affirming practice. We emphasize that no “one size fits all” model can meet the needs of every client, and that psychologists must adapt their conceptualizations and interventions to the lived realities of diverse communities (Mosley et al., 2021).

Accordingly, every workshop must explicitly integrate content examining at least one dimension of human diversity—such as age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, relational structure, spiritual or religious background, disability status, neurodiversity, body size, or socioeconomic context—and demonstrate how this dimension meaningfully influences clinical practice. Presenters are expected to incorporate current scholarship relevant to the identities they discuss, highlight limitations in the existing literature, and acknowledge places where historically marginalized populations remain underrepresented or pathologized in research.

Workshops must also align with StorieTree’s values by embedding cultural humility, trauma-informed principles, accessibility, and an intersectional lens throughout their objectives, examples, teaching strategies, and clinical applications. Presenters should clearly articulate how their content supports psychologists in delivering affirming, equity-driven, and clinically effective care to the populations they serve.

Ethics 

StorieTree Professional Education utilizes an ethics infusion model, ensuring that ethical awareness is woven into every aspect of continuing education rather than treated as an isolated topic. In alignment with our organizational commitment to cultural humility, accessibility, and affirming care, all presenters are required to integrate explicit discussion of how their workshop content intersects with professional ethical principles and standards.

Each workshop must include at least one applied example demonstrating how the topic connects to relevant ethical frameworks—such as the APA Ethics Code, state licensing board rules, principles of informed consent, boundaries, competence, confidentiality, beneficence, nonmaleficence, or issues of power, identity, and equity in clinical relationships. Presenters are encouraged to highlight both best practices and common ethical dilemmas that clinicians may encounter in real-world application of the material.

To support presenters in meeting these expectations, StorieTree provides accepted presenters with complimentary access to our CE training on Best Practices in Presenting Continuing Education, which includes guidance on ethical integration, accessibility, and inclusive pedagogy.