San Francisco, Marin, & East Bay Therapists

The Therapy Network includes a diverse group of psychologists, therapists and clinical social workers. Our aim is to help you find a therapist that is qualified and appropriate for your needs and resources. Therapy Network serves San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Albany, Corte Madera, Kentfield, the City of Sonoma and Walnut Creek and the rest of the Bay Area.

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Cultural Issues/Ethnic Diversity

Race, ethnicity, and religious or spiritual background play a large part in shaping how we experience life. Culture is so much more than the food we eat, the music we listen to, or the language that we speak. For example your relationship to family members, your feelings about sexual expression and gender roles, your concept of time, and even what constitutes commonsense, politeness, and humor are all formed in large part by culture.

Immigration, or even migration from one part of the country to another, can bring this truth suddenly and sharply into focus. Your feel "different," and you may also encounter racist reactions, intentional or unintentional. How can you learn to fit in while retaining a sense of your own self-esteem and identity?

Cross-cultural relationships can be especially challenging. Partners from different cultures can sometimes feel like they need an interpreter to help them communicate. Your partner may seem unkind, removed, or intrusive when his or her behavior may be considered "normal" in his or her own culture.

Therapy can help you retain your culture and sense of self, and help navigate the challenges in cross-cultural relationships. In the protected space of therapy, you can get to the root of misunderstandings, and you can your partner can eventually form your own new culture.

Therapists for people in cross-culture relationships can help individuals retain their culture and sense of self by helping them navigate cultural differences. In addition individuals can benefit exploring issues pertaining to race, ethnicity, and culture with therapists who are experienced in these areas.

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