Abstract
This article provides an account of the unfolding interpersonal processes in a training group of interfaith black women who came together to learn the fundamentals of humanistic principles and counseling skills. In her reflections, the author addresses women’s experiences, and her own, of gender and sexuality from personal, cultural, and racial perspectives. She considers the impact on identity of cultural and personal difference as described by the group members during the experiential dimension of group learning.
Keywords:difference, gender, sexuality, identity, racism, othering, experiential group process, religion, culture, curiosity