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Originally Posted by Michanne
How much of the resistance was due to your race vs the profession? I am not saying there should not be more minorities and your school point makes sense. I'm asking because I believe therapy is not accepted everywhere. How big is the therapy industry in Korea and Mexico vs US? I also have a hard time thinking the industry would shut out minorities as other professions due. I think it is an important distinction.
I heard a funny story recently where therapists (psychologists?) wanted to help people in Eastern Africa and they were eventually asked to leave. Why? Because their treatment of depression involved being around other people and being outside. They couldn't understand why it would be helpful to sit in a room with a stranger and talk about all the problems in your life. 
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I think this is what I was saying; there are still issues around racism in the US, but also, other cultures often have different ways of dealing with mental health issues, and may not consider what essentially white western men believe is useful, and they are right since all treatment (medical and otherwise) does need to take into consideration, and respect the beliefs of those being treated. The issues are sometimes different also (for example, I wouldn't know the reasons, suicidal thoughts/acts/completions are much higher in older white males than in, say, females; but rare in the African American community where other problems are more common. Schizophrenia seems to run pretty consistently worldwide but the treatment differs. (think how we have moved through and away from the Victorian sight of, say Freud...)---It is an ever-changing field, like most professions. And we all bring something different to the table; there is no one size fits all.