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When your family sees mental health treatment as cultural betrayal

My parents think therapy is for white people and when I told them I was seeing a counselor for depression they said I just need to pray harder and stop being selfish

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural identity and healing needs are colliding in ways that make both feel impossible to honor fully.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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