Therapy is a Cross-Cultural Experience

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Overview: There has been a growing demand from clients to work with therapists who match their identity. However, the supply of culturally competent therapists has not yet met the growing demand. Too often, our graduate school training relies on quick heuristics, generalizations, or cultural stereotypes that limit our depth of understanding and our ability to engage with clients from diverse backgrounds. For therapists with nondominant identities, this has often led to reliance on one’s own experience, which provides only a partial view of the diversity within their broad, diverse identity groups. 

Every therapy session is a cross-cultural experience, and every therapist is working across identity groups.

Even when you share…