Unique Experiences in Therapy

One thing I hear often as a therapist who works with a lot of queer folks is that they don’t want to have to explain so much in therapy, and I think this is a common experience amongst children of immigrants, as well. Therapists who aren’t children of immigrants might not understand the nuances of how cultural beliefs impact our ideas around “healthy” relationships, and instead label clients as codependent or even delusional when our values don’t align with those of Western ideas of what it means to be well…