Western Therapy & Eastern Minds
Whether ‘Western’ therapy adequately serves non-Western individuals is a major topic within the mental health field. There is considerable research that shows that mental health care is more effective when it acknowledges and adapts based on clients’ cultural background.
ADHD 2.0 (Hallowell & Ratey, 2021)
Whether you are newly diagnosed or have been struggling with ADHD for years, the book ADHD 2.0 may be a helpful step to understand what ADHD is and how you might make your relationship with it more positive.
Asian-Australian therapist directory
If you are looking for an Asian-Australian therapist, Shapes and Sounds has a directory of Asian-Australian therapists that are available both in-person and online. Daniel is listed here as well.
Racial Blindness in Mental Health
Mental health practitioners’ failure to acknowledge the effects of race or ethnicity on individuals’ experience may hinder the effectiveness of mental health care. This paper, which Daniel contributed to, explores these attitudes among Australian mental health practitioners - highlighting the need for improved professional training to better serve culturally diverse communities in Australia.
What type of therapy is right for you?
As a therapist with a person-centred foundation (but also integrates other approaches), I would risk a cliche by suggesting that clients follow their intuition as to which type of therapy or which therapist they’d like to try working with. In practice, every therapist works quite differently, even if they advertise themselves as practising the same type of therapy. And some research suggests that how comfortable you feel with your therapist is a strong driver of ‘success’ in therapy.