Therapy for Intercultural Experiences and Relationships in Organizational or Religious/Spiritual Community Settings
Processing Painful Experiences
People often experience painful intercultural interactions in organizational or spiritual/religious community settings. Often, these settings are where they spend the most time interacting with others outside the home. They may stir up family-like feelings. Investment of energy and commitment can result in expectations that they should fulfill internal needs. All this can result in intense and entrenched interpersonal conflicts.
Have painful experiences led you to withdraw from people and community settings to protect yourself? To question your vocational and/or spiritual identity or decisions? Being disconnected from others or from an important source of identity, grounding, or social connection may lead to stress, anger, sadness, numbness, hopelessness, unhealthy coping strategies, and depression and anxiety. Have you experienced any of these?
Therapy can provide support as you process these painful experiences; evaluate past, current, and/or future spiritual/religious beliefs and commitments; and make decisions about important needs, preferences, and values that impact you and your relationships.
Self-Reflection and Improving Intercultural Interactions and Relationships
Sometimes, people come to therapy with the desire to reflect on themselves, relationships, and their personal contributions to intercultural interactions. This may be due to personal interest or curiosity, to professional growth and development needs, or to practical utility. Do you want or need to know more about yourself, your contributions to interactions, or about how others may experience you?
Whatever your motivations or needs, therapy can provide a safe, confidential, creative, and collaborative space for personal and professional exploration. Optimally, the therapist will have education and experience with intercultural and psychological/relational experiences. For information about my education, training, and experience, click here.
For Leaders or Staff
Often, the people who are most likely to have challenging intercultural experiences and relationships in organizational or religious community settings or are interested in self-reflection and improving intercultural interactions and relationships are those in leadership or staff positions. If this is you, consider exploring a link below: