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eCounselling editorial team
Cultural safety is judged by the person receiving care. You should feel respected, believed and free to be yourself, without having to educate your counsellor.
A culturally safe counsellor understands how colonization and racism affect people's lives, respects your healing practices and shares decisions with you. You are welcome to ask about their experience, and to leave if it does not feel right.
This is general information, not therapy or a diagnosis. Everyone's situation is different.
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