Cultural Issues
OUR SERVICES COMMITMENT
Culture can be complicated. At Saginaw Psychiatry, we are continuously engaged with understanding our cultural biases so that we can be more open and sensitive to the perspectives and values other cultures. We do not want biases to interfere with providing effective help to our clients.
For clients, cultural assumptions can create issues or impediments to living a fully vibrant life. Those cultural assumptions can be located from inside or outside your cultural affiliation. Although you can’t change the culture you were born into, we can help you shed a light on the conflict you’re experiencing.
For example, first generation immigrants often have difficulty acculturating to their new country because cultural assumptions are not always aligned, creating significant conflicts. But even within one’s culture, conflicts can arise. A culture’s assumptions and one’s lived experience can be at odds with each other.
Components of culture that need to be taken into consideration include: