Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week agoHow to Validate Your Black Woman Client's Experience
Countertransference can cause therapists to invalidate Black clients' experiences, contributing to avoidance of mental health treatment.
Calling clients resistant often implies the client is intentionally blocking progress, as if they alone are the reason therapy isn't working. That framing has always troubled me, because more often than not, what gets labeled "resistance" isn't a client problem at all. I've found that it's usually a relationship problem ( between client(s) and therapist or in their interactions/dynamic), and often, it's actually a therapist problem.