Can a therapy work when a therapist and patient are coming from different worlds ?
Hey everyone , I had an interesting discussion yesterday with someone about this. Obviously ,there are a few things that all human beings share in common,the way that the body reacts to anxiety ,feelings ,and etc. But when you dive in deeper and it's also been discussed in modern psychology ,the cultural gaps between people make a huge difference and impacts about how they view things ,react to them ,and experience them. Things like culture ,religious beliefs ,cultural codes and I can continue all these things effect about how we view things in every aspect of our life and shaping our inner world Now let's say that a person comes from the middle east ,and he goes to a therapy with a psychologist from western countries (Europe ,USA) . The difference between then can be an obstacle in therapy ? Because the person I have been talking to thinks that's its impossible