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When therapeutic advice conflicts with cultural values about family

My therapist says I need boundaries with my mother but my culture teaches that honoring parents means enduring whatever they do.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Western psychological frameworks clash with traditional wisdom about duty, creating internal division.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Discipline across traditions?”

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