ADDRESSING Differences
Everybody is different. We know this, it's not news to us. But do you know just how different everyone is? I want to focus on something that hopefully will shed light on the answer to this question. It's called the ADDRESSING model, created by Pamela Hays (2016), and it highlights several major domains of identity markers that together start to make up who a person is. It's typically used for training therapists to understand differences between themselves and their clients, but it's something that I really, strongly believe needs to be introduced to everyone. We're in an age of embracing diversity, and I think we can go deeper than we have been up to this point. Listed below are the different domains of the ADDRESSING model (Age, Disability (developmental and acquired), Religion/Spirituality, Ethnicity/Race, Socio-economic Status, Sexual Orientation, Indigenous Heritage, National Origin, and Gender), along with some questions for consideration for each. I want t