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Nothing you said is relevant if the person will refuse council if they percieve it to be from someone who won't be able to understand their issues.
by voxl 7y ago
Nothing you said is relevant if the person will refuse council if they percieve it to be from someone who won't be able to understand their issues.
- jldugger 7y agoBut it is ironic that someone would seek therapy to cope with a racist world, and but refuse service based on the race of the therapist.
- lisper 7y agoWell, sure, but that's on them. The belief that a counselor will not be able to help you, for whatever reason, will generally be a self-fulfilling prophecy. I see no salient difference between a black person deciding that a white person can't help them because they are white, and a white person deciding that a black person can't help them because they are black. To me, both of those positions are equally odious. One thing I've learned first-hand over the years is that you can't help someone who won't help themselves.
- SolaceQuantum 7y agoGenuine question: Are women who have been abused by men odious for seeking female therapists?
- reitanqild 7y agoFWIW lisper mentioned that in another subthread at about the same time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20718590 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20718590