International people, immigration and cultural identity
The trauma of migration is a factor in the lives of
many people in the Bay Area. The grief of leaving home, the stress of
immigration into the US, the fear of deportation--these are at the sharp
end of the scale. But many of us also struggle with more
subtle issues of how to feel at home in a foreign language, or in a
culture that is different from our own, sometimes confusingly so.
I understand from the inside what it's like to come from another culture, span several cultures, and/or operate in two or more languages. Having been born in Asia, I hold a UK passport, lived for most of my adult life in France, and now live in the US as a resident alien. Issues of cultural identity and displacement are very close to 'home' for me, as they are for many of my clients. I'm used to working with people for whom English is a foreign language, and I know how it is to be operating in a language that is not your own. Don't worry if your English is not perfect--we'll slow down, and I can listen between the words to hear what you mean. Click here for my Ethnopsychology blog
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Rachael Vaughan MA, MFT # 50730: Depth Psychotherapy and EMDR in San Francisco and Marin, for individuals and couples, in English and French