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When phenotype complicates cultural connection in healing work

I'm a therapist but I keep losing clients of color because they don't trust me since I 'look too white' despite sharing their background.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Colonial beauty standards and colorism create barriers to therapeutic alliance even within shared cultural communities.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined colonial subject?”

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