Culturally Sensitive Psychotherapy

Culturally sensitive psychotherapy is an approach that honors the diverse cultural identities, values, and lived experiences that shape each person's mental health journey. It recognizes that culture-including race, ethnicity, language, religion, gender, sexuality, family systems, and historical or intergenerational experiences - profoundly influences how individuals understand themselves, their relationships, and their struggles.

In an integrative therapeutic framework, culturally sensitive practice means drawing from a range of therapeutic modalities while staying attuned to the client's cultural context. This involves ongoing self-reflection by the therapist, openness to cultural differences, and a commitment to addressing issues such as marginalization, systemic oppression, and identity-related stressors when they arise.

The goal is to create a respectful, inclusive, and affirming therapeutic space where clients feel seen, heard, and understood-not in spite of their cultural identity, but in full recognition of it.