Latin American Culture Often Poses Challenges For Counselors, But It Also Provides Valuable Lessons

A female Latino client visits a counselor for an initial session. She asks direct questions about a specific dilemma and details her plans to seek additional input from her doctor, priest and godparents. The client thanks the therapist, leaves and does not return. Many counselors might consider this a failure. But according to Esteban Montilla, […]

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Counselor Travels to Russia to Make Cultural Connections

When Rebecca Sears started presenting on Imago Relationship Therapy in St. Petersburg, Russia, five years ago, she assumed her translator knew what she meant when she said counseling could help couples “connect.” Soon, however, the confused faces of her students hinted that something wasn’t quite making the transition from English to Russian. “I eventually found […]

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