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When your profession conflicts with your cultural identity

I am a therapist from a culture that does not believe in mental illness and I cannot tell my own family what I do for work

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional calling and cultural belonging are creating an identity split that feels impossible to reconcile.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mental health across cultures — stigma and access?”

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