Culturally Sensitive Therapy

Therapists should understand their client’s cultural background well enough to be able to tailor their approach accordingly.

Well-researched treatments aren't enough. Your therapist requires the right attitude for diversity-affirmative care. I make an effort to practice cultural humility, which is a lifelong commitment to learning and respecting clients' identities and experiences. Labels don't help here - I try to neither over-inflate nor under-estimate the role of your identity in your life. I work to foster safety, trust, transparency, collaboration, and empowerment.

This is the lens that I view therapy through.

We are a diverse group of therapists, social workers, and counselors from various walks of life. Our collective experiences enable us to offer telemental health online therapy services and individualized treatment in a kind and compassionate manner.

Culture informs how we view and understand our values and others around us. It's important to integrate that into therapy, as well as for your therapist to respect and understand your perspective.

Since most of my clients are BIPOC, being culturally sensitive and utilizing culturally sensitive thearpy is important in helping my clients feel safe, heard, and build trust with me. A large part of my practice is explaining the processes of therapy to my clients as it is their first time becoming vulnerable with a mental healthcare provide and trusting them.

I have experience working with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds and their families, and I am always eager to learn more about others.

I think it will be most meaningful to include a real patient review: “Dr. Ambardar has tremendous insight into personal & collective trauma & the impact of ancestral trauma on a person's life. It is not often you come across a professional who has an in-depth understanding of collective trauma & its impact on an individual's life. Her work & her insights have been supportive in my own healing journey. I highly recommend anyone wanting to connect with their ancestral histories to work with Dr. A"

As a bicultural/bilingual therapist, I am attuned to the profound impact of my clients‘ cultural background on their communication.

As a second-generation Arab American and child of immigrants, I understand the richness and beauty that being part of a collectivistic culture can provide. Yet I am also aware of the issues that can arise in trying to forge your own identity and create fulfilling relationships while embracing the most meaningful aspects of your culture. I love working with children of immigrants trying to navigate intergenerational family dynamics or cultural conflicts in a way that feels best for you.

I have extensive training from a multicultural framework and honor each clients unique cultural considerations that they bring into the therapy space.

As a Latina and therapist, I deeply understand the impact of culture on mental health. My expertise in culturally sensitive therapy stems from my personal experiences navigating cultural identity, immigration, and generational differences. I honor and respect each client's unique cultural background, incorporating these insights into every session. My approach ensures that clients feel seen, understood, and supported while addressing the specific challenges they face within their cult

Using Culturally Sensitive Therapy, I am dedicated to providing a therapeutic space that respects and honors your unique cultural background, values, and experiences. I understand that cultural factors significantly influence mental health, so I tailor my approach to align with your specific cultural context. By integrating cultural awareness into our sessions, I ensure that your beliefs, traditions, and identity are acknowledged and valued.

Culturally sensitive therapy emphasizes the therapist's understanding of a client’s background, ethnicity, and belief system. Therapists can incorporate cultural sensitivity into their work to accommodate and respect differences in opinions, values, and attitudes of various cultures and different types of people.

My counseling approach is warm, supportive, and encourages clients to connect with their inner child to unlearn the internalized oppressive messages that result from life, on a micro and macro level; with the belief that unlearning these messages can empower folx into moving forward and reclaiming their lives.

Completed multiple trainings in providing culturally responsive treatment across a variety of settings to include children, adults, adolescents of multiple ethnicities.

Macie worked for many years within the Charlotte, NC non-profit sector. Much of this work was with folks from different cultures, socio-economic backgrounds, viewpoints and origins. This important work helped Macie learn more deeply about the inequity in the world's system and how that flowed down to individuals and their treatment within those systems. This coupled with her deep belief that humans are created equally and deserve to be treated with compassion and equity.

I am a woman of color, who is open and available to speak about racial injustice and disparity in the United States and globally. I am a 3rd generation (Mexican) American-Latinx