Department of Clinical Psychology, Georgia School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University, Atlanta, GA 30328.
Psychotherapy (Chic). 2010 Jun;47(2):151-61. doi: 10.1037/a0019754.
My experience as a male psychologist who was born and raised in Iran has had a tremendous impact on my professional practice in the United States. After providing a brief history of Iran to put this article in context, I explore 5 elements of that impact: Description of my diversity status, key practice issues raised for me as an Iranian therapist, my background and its impact on case formulation, key clinical issues raised for my clients given my diversity status, and effective strategies for addressing my diversity status and its impact on the treatment.
作为一名在伊朗出生和长大的男性心理学家，我的经历对我在美国的专业实践产生了巨大的影响。在简要介绍伊朗的历史背景以使本文内容更加完整之后，我探讨了这种影响的 5 个要素：描述我的多样性身份、作为一名伊朗治疗师对我提出的关键实践问题、我的背景及其对案例制定的影响、鉴于我的多样性身份对我的客户提出的关键临床问题，以及解决我的多样性身份及其对治疗影响的有效策略。
