In this episode we will be talking about culturally competent care, because with generational shifts and increases in mental health demand across the board, it is an uncomfortable and exhausting thing to have to explain your values, culture, religion, or any other trait that you identify with, to your therapist.

I have experienced it myself more than a decade ago, where I felt there was an unnecessary overemphasis and even a judgement towards parts of the culture I inherited. Being much younger at the time, I just went along with it and may have been a little bit of an ostrich about it - of which I mean: played along and convinced myself that it is better to view certain topics from a Western perspective. Now, of course this is just a simple and low impact example I can assure you of. But the point of this matter is that with more and more people of people choosing to take matters in their own hands and seeking counselling, this misunderstanding or mismatch in values can seriously form a barrier to build a trustworthy client-patient or coach-coachee relationship fuelled by psychological safety.

And so, in this episode I am joined by Sonia Kaurah - CEO and founder of mental health platform Tala Thrive. Sonia is on a mission to make people thrive in their lives through care that acknowledges cultural dimensions.