In this 3-part series, we explore the world of the Black psychotherapist. Psychology and psychiatry are sciences rooted in western/European values and world-view. The Black psychotherapist finds him/herself steeped in beliefs, theories and approaches that sometimes contradict his own cultural norms, and those of his client when the client is not white. We will discuss various aspects of how we navigate this field—our way.

In this episode we explore how the black therapist must constantly interpret and re-interpret her own culture, her own people's behaviours and belief systems, through the white lens her profession has fashioned upon her mind. In this nation people assume they can write your story from beginning to end, and wait for you to fall into place on the stage that has been set, it is why every conversation scans like a hostage negotiation, with your humanity being the item that's up for deliberation.

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EPISODE SUPPORTED BY Phyllis P. Alston

 

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