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When Western therapy pathologizes indigenous spiritual beliefs

My therapist says my belief in ancestral interference is preventing me from taking responsibility for my mental health

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What we've seen

Therapeutic frameworks that dismiss spiritual reality as pathology create additional alienation for those whose worldview includes invisible forces

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“Where Are You with African healing traditions for mental distress?”

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