Culturally Sensitive Therapy

I believe strongly that our culture(s) play a huge role in our happiness as well as our dysfunction. I take social, cultural, family, and systems level factors into account when working with clients and believe that healing our relationships to our cultures is a major part of overall mental health.

Each person on staff receives training in this area multiple times a year. Culture sensitivity is also part of our mission.

We have a diverse staff with different backgrounds that help understand your unique experiences based on the intersectionality of your identities.

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.

Dr. Galega-Sabum combines her clinical expertise and advanced education to offer compassionate, evidence-based psychiatric care for adults teenagers and adolescents.

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"

I believe that we all see the world through our own cultural lens. Being allowed to learn about a client's world and belief systems is a truly humbling experience. With my experience as a former diversity coordinator coupled with being aware of the various cultural stipulations that exist in society allows me to provide you with the necessary and relevant interventions that would not only be respectful to your beliefs but also catered towards the system we are a part of.

As a Black male therapist, I believe I have a deep understanding of the needs of individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds. I strive to be culturally humble and I support exploration in the areas of age, developmental disabilities, indigenous heritage, national origin, racial identity, ethnic identity, gender, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation.

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

I have cultivated expertise in culturally sensitive therapy through dedicated training and a deep commitment to understanding diverse cultural backgrounds. I recognize the significant impact that culture has on a person's identity, beliefs, and experiences. By actively listening and incorporating cultural perspectives into my therapeutic practice, I create a safe space for clients to explore their unique challenges.

Culturally humble and affirming, I am sensitive to the many barriers people face before coming to see me. I recognize the systemic oppressions and -isms that affect our lives, the social determinants of health which affect our access to supportive care, as well as the strength and resilience of marginalized communities. I am affirming of and celebrate the beautiful diversity of the human experience - you can be all of yourself with me!

Culture plays a large role in how we express ourselves, how we are viewed by others, and how we experience our every day life.

I believe that understanding how sociocultural, systemic, and institutional forces influence the ways that you traverse this world. Examining such contexts can facilitate the harnessing of your internal wisdom as well as become more connected to your collective and ancestral experiences.

I keep a close eye on what role the environments you have inhabited may have played on your current views about yourself, others, and the world at large, and I constantly invite you to do the same. It can be very empowering to realize how you came to embrace your beliefs, and with that information, be able to decide which of them you want to keep or reject.

I use a culturally sensitive lens to allow clients to be the experts in their own lives, as coming from a place of non-judgement and understanding.

Diversity is intersectional and culture is so much more than simply race or ethnicity. I take into account the whole person and their experiences, beliefs, and worldview and let them educate me in their culture without making assumptions based on how they present.