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When therapy conflicts with your cultural values

My therapist keeps talking about setting boundaries with my family but she does not understand that in my culture family is everything.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mental health frameworks built on individualistic assumptions can pathologize the very communal bonds that provide meaning and survival.

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