Culturally Sensitive Therapy emphasizes people’s various ethnic and cultural backgrounds within the therapeutic relationship.
Some approaches to therapy aim to treat every client the same — utilizing similar techniques, ways of communicating, and explanations of concepts. These therapists understand the importance of different cultures and recognize that these differences can impact the way someone experiences therapy. By bringing these experiences to the forefront of therapy, your therapist will validate your unique background and use it to work on your strengths and propel you toward your goals.
Your therapist will have foundational knowledge about your specific ethnic, cultural, and linguistic differences. They also will continue learning more about how your culture affects your life experiences.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy’s goal is to make you feel more comfortable and understood, not only when it comes to culture and ethnicity, but also religion, race, age, ability, gender, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Your therapist will employ counseling techniques to help you on your healing journey. They also will serve as an advocate for your particular identities in the community by connecting you to culturally-sensitive resources. Ultimately, the therapy should make you feel comfortable and understood. When the therapeutic space is safer, you will be more likely to benefit from the process.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Working with a psychotherapist in individual therapy can be the key in generating positive change and real growth. Devoted to providing therapy to individuals, couples and families of all ages and populations, I have numerous years of experience in a variety of settings including private practices in the Northern VA area, substance abuse treatment centers and most recently, the Fairfax-Falls...
I have over 20 years experience working with adolescence and adults who are struggling with or have been affected by addiction issues. I believe in building a strong therapeutic relationship with my clients and am there to support my client and the family system that addiction impacts. My top priority is the well-being of my clients, and I strive to provide the highest quality of therapeutic ca...
I believe in being genuine and supportive with all of my clients so as to create a safe, empathic, and accepting therapeutic environment. I strive to build a strong, nonjudgemental, and respectful therapeutic relationship to encourage progress. I work with children, adolescents, and adults and have experience in hospital and outpatient settings specializing in working with eating disorders,...
I’ve been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor for 20 years, working the last 7 years in private practice in Ithaca, NY. While I still have an office location, I am transitioning my practice to an online/Tele-mental Health service which helps minimize typical barriers to receiving counseling such as child care, disability or transportation issues. I take a collaborative approach to this work and...
Lori Posner, MS, LMFT is a NJ Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience in individual, group, couples and family therapy. Lori incorporates mindfulness into her therapeutic techniques and her clinical supervision. “My personal philosophy of counseling starts with a willingness to join with my clients experience and understand them. By listening with compassion and...
You are important and so is your story. As a therapist, I place great emphasis on making my clients feel safe in our counseling relationship. I work to create a place that is free of judgement and one where clients can recognize their own strengths and autonomy. I seek to help clients work through their current issues and grow in their abilities to handle challenges that arise in the future. Ea...
My role as a therapist is to create a safe space where clients can unpack life’s troubles in their journey of finding freedom, healing, and wholeness. I take a strength-based and culturally sensitive approach with the goal of empowerment in personal growth and overcoming adversity. I work with individuals, couples, families, and adolescents, specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, life...
It is my life’s mission to be a human healer. We are all on this journey together, and you do not have to experience trauma to speak to a therapist. I have a deep commitment toward racial and social justice, specifically for underserved communities. I specialize in working with people of diverse backgrounds, particularly people of color and individuals who come from underrepresented communities...
*****ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS!****Currently Accepting Medicaid and Self Pay Clients**** TELEHEALTH COUNSELING AVAILABLE during COVID-19 emergency. I am a Bilingual (fluent Spanish speaker) Counselor that loves working with children and their families through their process of self discovery and growth. My work as a counselor reflects my compassionate nature and desire to be authentic, and develop...
My goal as a clinician is to encourage and empower my clients to be the best version of themselves. Recognizing there is always room to grow beyond unfortunate circumstances is vital to increasing one's quality of life. Administering services within the social services spectrum with everything it entails to include but not limited to the coordination of care, community linkage and emotional...
Delphine Weiss works with clients to find new ways to look at challenges in life. Many of us live with strain that comes from difficult relationships, loss, trauma, adjustment, chronic pain, stress, anxiety, and low motivation, to name a few. Delphine brings a non-judgmental approach to her work with clients, considering their environmental factors, and accepting where they currently are in lif...
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, focus on relational, attachment, and childhood trauma issues. I have experience working with children, individuals, couples and families to address relationship difficulty, anxiety, depression, major life transitions, miscommunication and conflict, among other issues. I am nurturing and supportive, yet direct and call it as I see it. By creating a...
I specialize in working with tweens and teens, and I also work well with parents, young adults and established adults to provide support for navigating the many life and developmental challenges facing people today. My experience includes college-level teaching, research, and counseling experience in many settings, including family homes, schools and community mental health clinics. I work to...
I see you. If you've made it here, you're searching for something, be it healing, growth, freedom, or answers. Perhaps you're just looking and not tied to an outcome, I see you. I am passionate about joining individuals and couples at the core of their pain, in the middle of the mess, and within their distress. I am here to provide comfort, validation, and offer challenges that will facilitate...
My role as a therapist is to establish a secure, nurturing environment, one that allows for vulnerability, risk-taking, ambiguity and discomfort, one that fuels self-exploration and promotes healing. I view the therapeutic alliance as being mutual and collaborative and aim for therapy to be an empowering, dynamic process driven by the client’s therapeutic goals. I believe the greater the...
