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When mental health gets lost in translation

I have to translate my depression to English-speaking therapists and the metaphors never quite capture what's actually wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Psychological healing requires cultural and linguistic precision that cross-cultural therapy cannot always provide.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Language and identity — what your first language holds?”

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