Periagoge
Scenario

When Western Therapy Conflicts with Collectivist Values

My therapist keeps telling me to set boundaries with my family but she does not understand that individual therapy concepts do not work in collectivist cultures.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mental health frameworks designed for individualistic cultures fail to address the needs of people from collective cultural backgrounds.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Cultural assimilation vs. preservation?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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