Much literature has focused on the need for cultural competence training to enable institutions to recruit and retain a more diverse workforce, to enhance providers' ability to relate to and communicate with each other and with their patients and clients with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and to create an environment that respects and acknowledges all stakeholders. However, research suggests that the manner in which cultural competence training is delivered and the content of that training may inadvertently marginalize some individuals and reinforce existing stereotypes. This text relies on the concept of cultural humility, rather than cultural competence, to achieve the aims of cultural competence, while avoiding some of its pitfalls. In contrast to cultural competence, cultural humility challenges the practitioner to embark on a lifelong course of self-examination and transformational learning that will enable them to engage more authentically with others. The book traces our understanding of and responses to diversity and inclusion over time with a focus on the United States. Topics explored include: Us and Them: The Construction of Categories Cultural Competence as an Approach to Understanding Difference Transformational Learning Through Cultural Humility Fostering Cultural Humility in the Institutional/Organizational Context Cultural Humility and the Helping Professional The book presents examples that illustrate how the concept of cultural humility can be implemented on an institutional level and in the context of individual-level interactions, such as those between a healthcare provider or therapist and a client. Diversity, Cultural Humility, and the Helping Professions: Building Bridges Across Difference is essential reading for the health professions (nursing, medicine), social work, psychology, art therapy, and other helping professions.